Do you know of Durham ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Durham. 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 Durham.<1>
We found mention of Durham as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Cumberland County, Maine.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>
Communities Also Named Durham ...
We found 32 communities that share the name Durham.
There is one other community in Maine which is also named Durham.
Beyond Maine, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 30 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Maine ...
- Androscoggin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Durham [Androscoggin County].
- Androscoggin County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Durham [Washington County].
- California
- Butte County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Durham [Butte County].
- Colorado
- Mesa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Durham [Mesa County].
- Connecticut
- Middlesex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Durham [Middlesex County].
- Florida
- Calhoun County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Durham [Calhoun County].
- Georgia
- Walker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Durham [Walker County].
- Illinois
- Hancock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Durham [Hancock County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Durham [Marion County].
- Kansas
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Durham [Marion County].
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Coahoma County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Durham [Coahoma County].
- Missouri
- Lewis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Durham [Lewis County].
- Montana
- Glacier County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Durham [Glacier County].
- New Hampshire
- Strafford County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Durham [Strafford County].
- New Jersey
- Hunterdon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Durham [Hunterdon County].
- Middlesex County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Durham [Middlesex County].
- New York
- Greene County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Durham [Greene County].
- North Carolina
- Durham County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Durham [Durham County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Durham.
- Oklahoma
- Roger Mills County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Durham [Roger Mills County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Durham.
- Oregon
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Durham [Washington County].
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Durham [Bucks County].
- Texas
- Borden County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Durham [Borden County].
- Gregg County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Durham [Gregg County].
- Hunt County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Durham [Hunt County].
- Washington
- King County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Durham [King County].
- Wisconsin
- Waukesha County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Durham [Waukesha County].
- Wyoming
- Laramie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Durham [Laramie County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Durham ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Durham:
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
More Orphans in Cumberland 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 Cumberland 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Durham 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. |