Do you know of Hydro ???

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

We found mention of Hydro as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Stanly County, North Carolina.

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.

Communities Also Named Hydro ...

We found six communities that share the name Hydro.

Within North Carolina, the name Hydro is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, four are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
  - Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Hydro.
- Florida
  - Alachua 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 Florida community of Hydro [Alachua County].
- Kentucky
  - Warren County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Hydro [Warren County].
- Oklahoma
  - Blaine County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Hydro [Blaine County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Hydro.
- Tennessee
  - Decatur County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Hydro [Decatur County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hydro ...

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 1999
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Hydro.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 37/33300 (Place Name: Hydro (Norwood Dam))

County: Stanly (FIPS State/County: 37/167)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Hydro) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in Stanly 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 Stanly County.

Footnotes ...

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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 Hydro 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.