Do you know of Busby ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Busby. 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 Busby.

Our sources for Busby (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 Busby other than they indicate that Busby would be found somewhere in Tunica County, Mississippi.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1886 and closed  in 1893.

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 Busby ...

We found eight communities that share the name Busby.

Within Mississippi, the name Busby is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, five are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alberta
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Busby.
  • Kansas
    • Elk County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Busby [Elk County].
  • Montana
    • Big Horn County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Busby [Big Horn County].
  • New Brunswick
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Busby.
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Busby.
  • Tennessee
    • Lawrence County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Busby [Lawrence County].
  • Texas
    • Fisher County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Busby [Fisher County].
  • Washington
    • Whitman County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Busby [Whitman County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Busby ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Busby - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Tunica 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 Tunica County.