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Do you know of Institute ???

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

We found mention of Institute as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Randolph 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.<2>

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1850 and closed  in 1852.

Communities Also Named Institute ...

We found four communities that share the name Institute.

There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Institute.

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

  • Communities Located In North Carolina ...
    • Lenoir County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Institute [Lenoir County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Mississippi
      • Hinds County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Institute [Hinds County].
    • West Virginia
      • Kanawha County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Institute [Kanawha County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Door County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Institute [Door County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Institute ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

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

More Orphans in  Randolph 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 Randolph County.

AconiteKildee
Asheboro South 
Asheboro WestLanesville
 Lassiter's Mills
BalfoursLevel Plains
BombayLineberry
Brower's MillsLytton
Brown 
BrunswickMarley's Mills
Buffalo FordMaud
BullaMillikan
BunchMoffitt
Bush HillMoffitts Mills
 Mullen
CapeMurrow
Caraway 
Coles StoreNew Salem
Cox 
CrottsPlanters
  
DefianceQuinine
Derrick 
DeweyRachel
Dogwood AcresRalph
 Randleman Junction
EdenRandolph
EmpireReed Creek
ErectRush
  
FloraSalem Church
Flower HillSandy Creek
Fork CreekSawyersville
Foust's MillsScience Hill
FrenchSoapstone Mountain
FullersSol
 Spero
GladesboroSpokane
 Stone Lick
HenlyStrieby
Hockett 
HollyTrinity College
Hoover Hill 
HoyleWestmont
 Wheatmore
Jacksons CreekWhite House
 Whynot
KanoyWoodford
Kemp's Mills 

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.
<2>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.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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