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Do you know of Lawhon ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1892 and closed  in 1905.

Communities Also Named Lawhon ...

We found one communities that share the name Lawhon.

Within North Carolina, the name Lawhon is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Lawhon in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Bienville Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Lawhon [Bienville Parish].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lawhon ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Moore 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 Moore County.

AntlerLeaman
 Lemon Springs
BaldwinLinden
BasilusLonely
BensalemLongleaf
Big Oak 
BlinkManess
BluesMechanics Hill
BroadwayMooshaunee
BurlowMount Carmel
  
CaledoniaNew Gilead
CarbontonNoise
Carter's Mills 
CeltOllie
Centreville 
ChalmersvilleParker
ChiloeParkewood
Clark's MillsPatterson's Bridge
CurriersvillePenn
 Pharsala
ElderPocket
EuphroniaProsperity
 Purwat
Fair Haven 
Falling MillQuiet
Fay 
FledaReedy Branch
FlynnRubicon
Forkdale 
 Sanford
GaleShamburger
GilbertSkill
GlenaloonSkyline
Gold RegionSolemn Grove
GreenwoodSpencer
 Spencerville
HallisonSpivey Hill Siding
HawbranchSwann's Station
HighfallsSwinton
Home 
Horner'sTalbird
 Temperance Hill
InlandTempting
 Thagardville
JesupTyra
Jonesborough 
 Victor
KellyVillanow
KeyserVina Vista
Knollwood Field 
 Winder

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>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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