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Do you know of Affinity ???

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

Our sources for Affinity (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 Affinity other than they indicate that Affinity would be found somewhere in Robeson County, North Carolina.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1888 and closed  in 1904.

Communities Also Named Affinity ...

We found one communities that share the name Affinity.

Within North Carolina, the name Affinity is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Affinity in the United States.

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

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Affinity ...

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

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

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Robeson 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 Robeson County.

AlfredMcNatts
Amerotron MillMelrose
AntiochMidstate Mill
AthensMillprong
 Morrosenean
Biggs Park 
BraceyNorment
BranchvilleNorth Lumberton
Britts 
 Pike
CapolPlainview
CharmPurcepolis
Cowper Hill 
CromartieQueensdale
  
DaystromRandalsville
 Refuge
FulmoreRochester
 Roziers
GilopolisRyan
Grady 
 Sessom
HillsideSeven Bridges
 Shandon
InmanSim
IoniaSouth Lumberton
 Sterling
Kingsdale 
KinlawTabor
  
LeesvilleVoline
 Vollers
Malvina 
MarysvilleWest Lumberton
McArthursWilksville
McNair 

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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