Do you know of Beaver Dam ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Beaver Dam. 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 Beaver Dam.

We found mention of Beaver Dam as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Worcester County, Maryland.

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.

Communities Also Named Beaver Dam ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Beaver Dam.

Within Maryland, the name Beaver Dam is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
  - Mohave County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Beaver Dam [Mohave County].
- Indiana
  - Kosciusko County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Beaver Dam [Kosciusko County].
- Kentucky
  - Ohio County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Beaver Dam [Ohio County].
- Maine
  - York County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Beaver Dam [York County].
- Mississippi
  - Tunica County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Beaver Dam [Tunica County].
- New Brunswick
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Beaver Dam.
- New Jersey
  - Salem County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Beaver Dam [Salem County].
- New York
  - Albany County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Beaver Dam [Albany County].
  - Orange County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Beaver Dam [Orange County].
- Nova Scotia
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Beaver Dam.
- Pennsylvania
  - Erie County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Beaver Dam [Erie County].
- South Carolina
  - Union County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Beaver Dam [Union County].
- Tennessee
  - Jefferson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Beaver Dam [Jefferson County].
- Wisconsin
  - Dodge County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Beaver Dam [Dodge County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Beaver Dam ...

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

Maryland: Official Transportation Map (2003)
Published by the State Highway Administration

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Beaver Dam.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 24/05275 (Place Name: Beaver Dam (Beaverdam))

County: Worcester (FIPS State/County: 24/047)

Class: U6

Identifies a populated place (ie- Beaver Dam) that is wholly or substantially located outside the boundaries of any incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) that has an authoritative common name recognized by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in Worcester 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 Worcester County.

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Beaver Dam could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.