Do you know of Gaither ???

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

Our sources for Gaither (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 Gaither other than they indicate that Gaither would be found somewhere in McDowell County, North Carolina.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1891 and closed  in 1895.

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 Gaither ...

We found three communities that share the name Gaither.

Within North Carolina, the name Gaither is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Arkansas
    • Boone County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Gaither [Boone County].
  • Maryland
    • Carroll County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Gaither [Carroll County].
  • Missouri
    • Lawrence County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Gaither [Lawrence County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gaither ...

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

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

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

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

More Orphans in  McDowell 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 McDowell County.