Do you know of Crab ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1901 and closed  in 1905.

Communities Also Named Crab ...

We found one communities that share the name Crab.

Within Mississippi, the name Crab is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, there is another community also named Crab in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Virginia
    • Gloucester County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Crab [Gloucester County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Crab ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

More Orphans in  Jones 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 Jones County.