Do you know of Gallant Green ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Gallant Green. 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 Gallant Green.<1>

Our sources for Gallant Green (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 Gallant Green other than they indicate that Gallant Green would be found somewhere in Charles County, Maryland.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1834 and closed  in 1920.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gallant Green ...

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

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 Gallant Green - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Gallant Green.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 24/31300   (Place Name: Gallant Green)

County: Charles     (FIPS State/County: 24/017)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Gallant Green) 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  Charles 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 Charles County.