Do you know of Kent Island ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Kent Island. 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 Kent Island.<1>
Our sources for Kent Island (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 Kent Island other than they indicate that Kent Island would be found somewhere in Queen Anne's County, Maryland.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Kent Island ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Kent Island:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Kent Island - Services available: had a Post Office, Express Office, no Railroad mentioned
U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General
More Orphans in Queen Anne's 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 Queen Anne's 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. |