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Do you know of Rayburn ???

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

Our source wasn't clear whether Rayburn was a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Rayburn would be found somewhere in Alpena County, Michigan.

Communities Also Named Rayburn ...

We found three communities that share the name Rayburn.

Within Michigan, the name Rayburn is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Marshall County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Rayburn [Marshall County].
    • Texas
      • Liberty County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Rayburn [Liberty County].
    • West Virginia
      • Mason County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Rayburn [Mason County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Rayburn ...

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

Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)

More Orphans in  Alpena 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 Alpena County.

Beebe SpurKerston
BullockKing
  
CanfieldLyle
Cedar Spur 
Cranberry SpurMcQueen Spur
 McSorley
Dafoe 
 Orchard Hill
Emerson 
 Paisley
Fletcher Junction 
FletcherSelina
 Stinsons
Godfrey 
GreeleyThunder Bay
 Truax
HawaseeTurnbull
Hillman Crossing 
Hillman JunctionWalburg
  

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.









 

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