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Do you know of Kelker ???

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

We found mention of Kelker as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Hinds County, Mississippi.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1900 and closed  in 1900.

Communities Also Named Kelker ...

We found one communities that share the name Kelker.

Within Mississippi, the name Kelker is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • El Paso County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Kelker [El Paso County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Kelker ...

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

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

More Orphans in  Hinds 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 Hinds County.

Adams Station 
Anti BankJonesville
Apple Ridge 
AsylumMcWillie
AuburnMeridian Springs
 Morgans
BattlefieldMosstown
BeckvilleMyers
Bratton 
Brook HollowNegro Crossroads
BryamNewtown
  
Clinton PlazaOrange Hill
ConwayOswalt
Coopers Well 
CoopersvillePearl
Coxs Ferry 
 Smith's Station
Donore 
 Tugaloo
Fondren 
 Vanwinkle
Greens 
 West Jackson
HalstonWestland

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.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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