Do you know of Corbett ???

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

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

We found nine communities that share the name Corbett.

There is one other community in Maryland which is also named Corbett.

Beyond Maryland, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Located In Maryland ...
- Baltimore County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Corbett [Baltimore County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Michigan
  - Houghton 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 Michigan community of Corbett [Houghton County].
- New York
  - Delaware County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Corbett [Delaware County].
- North Carolina
  - Caswell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Corbett [Caswell County].
- Oklahoma
  - Cleveland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Corbett [Cleveland County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Corbett.
- Oregon
  - Multnomah County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Corbett [Multnomah County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Potter County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Corbett [Potter County].
- Wyoming
  - Big Horn 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 Wyoming community of Corbett [Big Horn County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Corbett ...

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

Rand McNally Map of Maryland (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Corbett.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 24/19875 (Place Name: Corbett)

County: Washington (FIPS State/County: 24/043)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Corbett) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in Washington County ...

Can you help?

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 Washington 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Corbett 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.