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Do you know of Skipper ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1902 and closed  in 1908.

Communities Also Named Skipper ...

We found one communities that share the name Skipper.

Within Mississippi, the name Skipper is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Wakulla County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Skipper [Wakulla County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Skipper ...

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

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  Kemper 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 Kemper County.

Big OakMechanicsville
BodgaMinden
BriggsMoses
  
CalvertNavina
CondeNeville
 Nita
Daneville 
DeweyOaks Grove
DixieOaktibbeha
Dock 
DomascusPawticfaw
 Pea Ridge
EnnisPrince
  
Fort StephensRushville
  
Gainesville JunctionSligo
 Snoody
HandStella
Henley 
HullTamola Station
 Toles
Jacksonville 
 Van
Kellis Store 
KempertonWahalak Station
Kodol 
 Zada
Mattox 

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>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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