Do you know of Beaverdam ???

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

Our sources for Beaverdam (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Beaverdam other than they indicate that Beaverdam would be found somewhere in Union County, North Carolina.

Communities Also Named Beaverdam ...

We found fifteen communities that share the name Beaverdam.

There are three communities within North Carolina that are also named Beaverdam.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Buncombe County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Beaverdam [Buncombe County].
- Halifax County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Beaverdam [Halifax County].
- Haywood County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Beaverdam [Haywood County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Beaverdam.
- Georgia
  - Gwinnett County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Beaverdam [Gwinnett County].
- Maryland
  - Worcester County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Beaverdam [Worcester County].
- Michigan
  - Ottawa County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Beaverdam [Ottawa County].
- Missouri
  - Ripley County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Beaverdam [Ripley County].
- Ohio
  - Allen County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Beaverdam [Allen County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Centre County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Beaverdam [Centre County].
- South Carolina
  - Cherokee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Beaverdam [Cherokee County].
- Texas
  - Bowie County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Beaverdam [Bowie County].
- Utah
  - Box Elder County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Beaverdam [Box Elder County].
- Virginia
  - Hanover County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Beaverdam [Hanover County].
- West Virginia
  - Wirt County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Beaverdam [Wirt County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Beaverdam ...

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

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Beaverdam - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

More Orphans in Union 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 Union County.

Footnotes ...

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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.

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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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Beaverdam 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.