Do you know of Mason Springs ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Mason Springs. 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 Mason Springs.
Our sources for Mason Springs (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Mason Springs other than they indicate that Mason Springs would be found somewhere in Charles 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.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Mason Springs ...
We found one communities that share the name Mason Springs.
Within Maryland, the name Mason Springs is unique.
Beyond Maryland, there is another community also named Mason Springs in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Tennessee
- Claiborne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mason Springs [Claiborne County].
- Tennessee
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Mason Springs ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Mason Springs:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Mason Springs - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Maryland: Official Transportation Map (2003)
Published by the State Highway Administration
Rand McNally Map of Maryland (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Mason Springs.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 24/51250 (Place Name: Mason Springs)
County: Charles (FIPS State/County: 24/017)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Mason Springs) 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.