Do you know of Alcorn ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Alcorn. 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 Alcorn.<1>
Our sources for Alcorn (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 Alcorn other than they indicate that Alcorn would be found somewhere in Alcorn County, Mississippi.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1897 and closed in 1899.
Communities Also Named Alcorn ...
We found three communities that share the name Alcorn.
There is one other community in Mississippi which is also named Alcorn.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Claiborne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Alcorn [Claiborne County].
- Claiborne County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Alcorn ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Alcorn:
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 Alcorn - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Alcorn 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 Alcorn County.
| Anemone | |
| Juliet | |
| Burrow | |
| Kellum | |
| Damon | |
| Danville | Overton |
| Eagle | Parmitchie |
| Farmer | Rock Hill |
| Rock | |
| Hinkle | |
| Hovis | Tapp |
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> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |