Do you know of Mount Carmel ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Mount Carmel. 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 Mount Carmel.

Our sources for Mount Carmel (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 Mount Carmel other than they indicate that Mount Carmel would be found somewhere in Covington County, Mississippi.

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.

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.

Communities Also Named Mount Carmel ...

We found 52 communities that share the name Mount Carmel.

There is one other community in Mississippi which is also named Mount Carmel.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of another 51 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 51 communities, 50 are located in the United States and seven are in Canada.

Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Jefferson Davis County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Mount Carmel [Jefferson Davis County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Geneva County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Mount Carmel [Geneva County].
  - Jackson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Mount Carmel [Jackson County].
  - Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Mount Carmel [Madison County].
  - Marshall County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Mount Carmel [Marshall County].
  - Montgomery County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Mount Carmel [Montgomery County].
- Arkansas
  - Howard County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Mount Carmel [Howard County].
  - Independence County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Mount Carmel [Independence County].
- Connecticut
  - New Haven County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Mount Carmel [New Haven County].
- Florida
  - Hillsborough County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Mount Carmel [Hillsborough County].
  - Santa Rosa County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Mount Carmel [Santa Rosa County].
- Georgia
  - Walker County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Mount Carmel [Walker County].
  - Wilkinson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Mount Carmel [Wilkinson County].
- Illinois
  - Wabash County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Mount Carmel [Wabash County].
- Indiana
  - Franklin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Mount Carmel [Franklin County].
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Mount Carmel [Washington County].
- Iowa
  - Carroll County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Mount Carmel [Carroll County].
- Kansas
  - Crawford County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mount Carmel [Crawford County].
- Kentucky
  - Fleming County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Mount Carmel [Fleming County].
  - Hopkins County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Mount Carmel [Hopkins County].
- Louisiana
  - Sabine Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Mount Carmel [Sabine Parish].
- Maryland
  - Anne Arundel County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Mount Carmel [Anne Arundel County].
  - Baltimore County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Mount Carmel [Baltimore County].
  - Charles County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Mount Carmel [Charles County].
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Mount Carmel [Washington County].
- Missouri
  - Audrain County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Mount Carmel [Audrain County].
- New York
  - Bronx County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Mount Carmel [Bronx County].
  - Broome County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Mount Carmel [Broome County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
  - Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Mount Carmel.
- North Carolina
  - Montgomery County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Mount Carmel [Montgomery County].
  - Moore County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Mount Carmel [Moore County].
- North Dakota
  - Cavalier County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Mount Carmel [Cavalier County].
- Ohio
  - Clermont County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Mount Carmel [Clermont County].
  - Hamilton County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Mount Carmel [Hamilton County].
  - Sandusky County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Mount Carmel [Sandusky County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Mount Carmel.
- Pennsylvania
  - Greene County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mount Carmel [Greene County].
  - Northumberland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mount Carmel [Northumberland County].
- South Carolina
  - McCormick County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Mount Carmel [McCormick County].
- Tennessee
  - Decatur County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mount Carmel [Decatur County].
  - Franklin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mount Carmel [Franklin County].
  - Greene County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mount Carmel [Greene County].
  - Hawkins County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mount Carmel [Hawkins County].
  - Tipton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mount Carmel [Tipton County].
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mount Carmel [Washington County].
  - Wilson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mount Carmel [Wilson County].
- Texas
  - Smith County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Mount Carmel [Smith County].
  - Wichita County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Mount Carmel [Wichita County].
- Utah
  - Kane County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Mount Carmel [Kane County].
- Virginia
  - Halifax County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Mount Carmel [Halifax County].
  - Smyth County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Mount Carmel [Smyth County].
- West Virginia
  - Wood County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Mount Carmel [Wood County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Mount Carmel ...

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

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

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

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

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

More Orphans in Covington 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 Covington County.

Dry Creek	Speed

Gilmer	Thames

Oakohay	Vex

Pickering	Welch
	Wilkesburgh
Reddoch
	Yawn
Santee
Sitka	Zion Seminary

Footnotes ...

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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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Mount Carmel 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.