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Do you know of Bass ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1879 and closed  in 1907.

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 Bass ...

We found fifteen communities that share the name Bass.

Within North Carolina, the name Bass is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jackson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Bass [Jackson County].
    • Arizona
      • Coconino County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Bass [Coconino County].
    • Arkansas
      • Newton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bass [Newton County].
    • Florida
      • Columbia County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Bass [Columbia County].
    • Georgia
      • Houston County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bass [Houston County].
    • Indiana
      • Starke 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 Indiana community of Bass [Starke County].
    • Kentucky
      • Casey County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Bass [Casey County].
      • Pike 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 Kentucky community of Bass [Pike County].
    • Missouri
      • Cole County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bass [Cole County].
    • Montana
      • Ravalli 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 Montana community of Bass [Ravalli County].
    • New Mexico
      • Eddy County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Bass [Eddy County].
    • Oregon
      • Douglas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Bass [Douglas County].
    • Tennessee
      • Giles 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 Tennessee community of Bass [Giles 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 Bass [Smith County].
    • West Virginia
      • Hardy County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Bass [Hardy County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bass ...

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

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 Bass - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Sampson County ...

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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 Sampson County.

Alpine 
ArcotLatie
 Lisbon
BlakeLissa
BlandLydia
  
ChanceMaitland
ClemontMcClam Crossroads
CoharieMix
 Moultonville
DalilaMunks Crossroads
Dismal 
 Ora
EarnestOwenby
 Owenville
Fido 
 Robena
Giles MillsRockland
Goshen 
 Six Runs
Harper's Cross Roads 
Harrells StoreThomas
HerringTippecanoe
Hives 
Hobbs CrossroadsWest Crossroads
Hobton 

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Bass 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.
<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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