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

Our sources for Forks of Pigeon (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 Forks of Pigeon other than they indicate that Forks of Pigeon would be found somewhere in Haywood County, North Carolina.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Forks of Pigeon ...

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

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

More Orphans in  Haywood 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 Haywood County.

AssemblyPant
 Peru
BeaverdamPhillipsville
BirdeyePigeon River
 Plott
Dutch Cove 
 Richland Valley
FergusonRushfork
  
Garden CreekSomerset
GreenhillSplit Mountain
 Sunset Park
Hurricane 
 Tito
Jonathan's Creek 
 Vinco
Maggie 
 Western

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.