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Do you know of Gibbons ???

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

Our source wasn't clear whether Gibbons 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 Gibbons would be found somewhere in Sharkey County, Mississippi.

Communities Also Named Gibbons ...

We found four communities that share the name Gibbons.

Within Mississippi, the name Gibbons is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Autauga County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Gibbons [Autauga County].
    • Alberta
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Gibbons.
    • Arkansas
      • Saline County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Gibbons [Saline County].
    • Missouri
      • Dunklin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Gibbons [Dunklin County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gibbons ...

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southern States
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Gibbons.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 28/27140   (Place Name: Gibbons)

County: Sharkey     (FIPS State/County: 28/125)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Gibbons) 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  Sharkey 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 Sharkey County.

CampbellsvilleMount Helena
Catchings 
 Panther
Dogwood 
 Six Mile Bayou
KinsaleStraight Bayou
  
LucreWatsonia
  

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>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.









 

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