Do you know of Blanche ???

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

We found mention of Blanche as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Caswell County, North Carolina.

Communities Also Named Blanche ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Blanche.

Within North Carolina, the name Blanche is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, ten are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Cherokee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Blanche [Cherokee County].
- Kansas
  - Elk 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 Kansas community of Blanche [Elk County].
- Kentucky
  - Bell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Blanche [Bell County].
- Louisiana
  - Rapides Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Blanche [Rapides Parish].
- Mississippi
  - Yalobusha 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 Mississippi community of Blanche [Yalobusha County].
- Missouri
  - Douglas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Blanche [Douglas County].
- Nebraska
  - Chase County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Blanche [Chase County].
- Nova Scotia
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Blanche.
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Blanche.
- Quebec
  - Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Blanche.
- South Carolina
  - Horry 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 South Carolina community of Blanche [Horry County].
- Tennessee
  - Lincoln County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Blanche [Lincoln County].
- West Virginia
  - Hancock 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 West Virginia community of Blanche [Hancock County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Blanche ...

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Blanche.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 37/06340 (Place Name: Blanche (RR name for Blanch))

County: Caswell (FIPS State/County: 37/033)

Class: X3

More Orphans in Caswell 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 Caswell County.

Covington Store	Milesville

Eastland	Newtonville
Edgewood
	Pea Ridge
Fitch's Store
	Red House
Gannaway
Graves	Sergeantsville
	Stokes
Hycotee
	Tony
Independence
	Yarbro

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>

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 Blanche 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.