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Do you know of North Raynham ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about North Raynham. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with North Raynham.<1>

Our sources for North Raynham (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of North Raynham other than they indicate that North Raynham would be found somewhere in Bristol County, Massachusetts.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1871 and closed  in 1911.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for North Raynham ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about North Raynham:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for North Raynham - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station

George#&160;F. Cram Map of Massachusetts (1901)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for North Raynham.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 25/48920   (Place Name: North Raynham)

County: Bristol     (FIPS State/County: 25/005)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, North Raynham) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Bristol County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Bristol County.

Apponagansett VillageNoquochoke
 North Attleborough Center
BarneysvilleNorth Bristol
BeacroftNorth Dartmouth Station
Berkeley StationNorth Dighton Station
BraytonNorton Center
BrittaniaNorton Station
  
Chace'sOldtown
Cole'sOrton
Cotley Junction 
CotleyPadanaram Village
Crane'sPadanarum
Crystal SpringsPerrine
 Pleasant View
East Attleboro 
East Freetown stationRaynham Station
East Swansea 
 Salters Point
Falls VillageSassaquin
FarmersSequasett
FlintShawmut
 Somerset Centre
HebronvilleSomerset Junction
HemlockSouth
HicksvilleSquawbetty
Horseneck BeachSwansea Station
 Swansea Village
Little Neck 
Lunds CornerTwin Village
  
Mansfield CenterWalker
MirickvilleWatuppa
Mishaum PointWeir Junction
 West Somerset

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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