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Do you know of Cedar Cliff ???

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

Our sources for Cedar Cliff (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 Cedar Cliff other than they indicate that Cedar Cliff would be found somewhere in Alamance County, North Carolina.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1877 and closed  in 1908.

Communities Also Named Cedar Cliff ...

We found five communities that share the name Cedar Cliff.

Within North Carolina, the name Cedar Cliff is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Towns County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cedar Cliff [Towns County].
    • Maryland
      • Allegany County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Cedar Cliff [Allegany County].
    • New York
      • Orange County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Cedar Cliff [Orange County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Cumberland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cedar Cliff [Cumberland County].
    • West Virginia
      • Mineral County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Cedar Cliff [Mineral County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cedar Cliff ...

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

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

More Orphans in  Alamance 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 Alamance County.

AlbrightMebanesville
Altamahaw - OssipeeMill Point
  
Big FallsNicholson's
Big LickNye
  
CarneyOakdale
Clover OrchardOneida
Curtis' Mills 
CurtisPleasant Lodge
  
GlendaleRichmond Hill
  
HartshornShallow Ford
Holman's MillsShetucket
 Stainback
IolaSylvester
  
LaceyVincent
Leota 
LoyWatson
 West Burlington
MaywoodWooten

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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