Do you know of French Broad ???

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

We found mention of French Broad as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Buncombe County, North Carolina.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1832 and closed  in 1881.

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 French Broad ...

We found two communities that share the name French Broad.

Within North Carolina, the name French Broad is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Tennessee
    • Cocke County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of French Broad [Cocke County].
    • Sevier County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of French Broad [Sevier County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for French Broad ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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  Buncombe 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 Buncombe County.