Do you know of Medora ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Medora. 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 Medora.<1>
Our sources for Medora (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 Medora other than they indicate that Medora would be found somewhere in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1898 and closed in 1920.
Communities Also Named Medora ...
We found nine communities that share the name Medora.
Within North Carolina, the name Medora is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, seven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Macoupin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Medora [Macoupin County].
- Indiana
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Medora [Jackson County].
- Iowa
- Warren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Medora [Warren County].
- Kansas
- Reno County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Medora [Reno County].
- Kentucky
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Medora [Jefferson County].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Medora.
- Missouri
- North Dakota
- Billings County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Medora [Billings County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Medora.
- Illinois
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Medora ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Medora:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Medora.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 37/42268 (Place Name: Medora)
County: Edgecombe (FIPS State/County: 37/065)
Class: X3
More Orphans in Edgecombe 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 Edgecombe County.
| Bricks | |
| Bullocks Crossroads | Leggettsville |
| Dauphin | Mecersville |
| Doehead | |
| North Rocky Mount | |
| East Rocky Mount | |
| Red Hill | |
| Kingsboro | |
| Knights | Sparta |
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> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Medora 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |