Do you know of South Sandwich ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about South Sandwich. 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 South Sandwich.<1>
Our sources for South Sandwich (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 South Sandwich other than they indicate that South Sandwich would be found somewhere in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1825 and closed in 1918.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for South Sandwich ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about South Sandwich:
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 South Sandwich - Services available: had a Post Office, Express Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
George#&160;F. Cram Map of Massachusetts (1901)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for South Sandwich.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 25/65125 (Place Name: South Sandwich)
County: Barnstable (FIPS State/County: 25/001)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, South Sandwich) 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).
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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 Barnstable County.
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/ |