Do you know of Gray ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Gray. 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 Gray.
Our sources for Gray (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 Gray other than they indicate that Gray would be found somewhere in Alleghany County, North Carolina.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1882 and closed in 1931.
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 Gray ...
We found 30 communities that share the name Gray.
Within North Carolina, the name Gray is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 30 communities, 29 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Gray [Jackson County].
- Colorado
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Gray [Washington County].
- Georgia
- Jones County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Gray [Jones County].
- Idaho
- Bonneville County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Gray [Bonneville County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Audubon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Gray [Audubon County].
- Kansas
- Hodgeman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Gray [Hodgeman County].
- Kentucky
- Knox County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Gray [Knox County].
- Louisiana
- Terrebonne Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Gray [Terrebonne Parish].
- Maine
- Cumberland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Gray [Cumberland County].
- Maryland
- Howard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Gray [Howard County].
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Leake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Gray [Leake County].
- New Mexico
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Gray [Lincoln County].
- New York
- Herkimer County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Gray [Herkimer County].
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Blair County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Gray [Blair County].
- Clearfield County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Gray [Clearfield County].
- Lycoming County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Gray [Lycoming County].
- Somerset County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Gray [Somerset County].
- Saskatchewan
- Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Gray.
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Gray [Washington County].
- Texas
- Virginia
- Sussex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Gray [Sussex County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gray ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Gray:
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 Gray - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Alleghany 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 Alleghany County.
| Ada | |
| Amorita | Murray |
| Anna | |
| Napoleon | |
| Baugus | New River |
| Bledsoe | Nile |
| Boyer | Nulin |
| Delphi | Olney |
| Elk Creek | Plainfield |
| Prather's Creek | |
| Geba | |
| Glade Creek | Saddle |
| Sheets | |
| Hilda | |
| Horseford | Teddy |
| Ida | Vera |
| Lamar | Ward |
| Laura |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Gray 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |