Do you know of Caswell ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1848 and closed in 1907.

Communities Also Named Caswell ...

We found seven communities that share the name Caswell.

Within Mississippi, the name Caswell is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Baldwin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Caswell [Baldwin County].
- Alaska
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Caswell.
- British Columbia
  - Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Caswell.
- California
  - Los Angeles County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Caswell [Los Angeles County].
- Maine
  - Aroostook County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Caswell [Aroostook County].
- North Carolina
  - Jones County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Caswell [Jones County].
- Tennessee
  - Knox County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Caswell [Knox County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Caswell ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in Lafayette 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 Lafayette 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>	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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Caswell 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.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/