Do you know of Camp Shelby ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Camp Shelby. 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 Camp Shelby.<1> Our source wasn't clear whether Camp Shelby 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 Camp Shelby would be found somewhere in Forrest County, Mississippi. Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Camp Shelby ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Camp Shelby: SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southern States
The FIPS database contains an entry for Camp Shelby. Referenced FIPS Records ... FIPS Code: 28/10940 (Place Name: Camp Shelby) County: Forrest (FIPS State/County: 28/035) Class: U8 Identifies a populated place (in this case, Camp Shelby) 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 Forrest 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 Forrest County.
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