Do you know of Milesville ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1882 and closed in 1907.

Communities Also Named Milesville ...

We found three communities that share the name Milesville.

Within North Carolina, the name Milesville is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Minnesota
  - Dakota County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Milesville [Dakota County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Allegheny County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Milesville [Allegheny County].
- South Dakota
  - Haakon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Milesville [Haakon County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Milesville ...

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

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Milesville - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Milesville.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 37/42990 (Place Name: Milesville)

County: Caswell (FIPS State/County: 37/033)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Milesville) 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 Caswell 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 Caswell County.

Blanche	Independence

Covington Store	Newtonville

Eastland	Pea Ridge
Edgewood
	Red House
Fitch's Store
	Sergeantsville
Gannaway	Stokes
Graves
	Tony
Hycotee
	Yarbro

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Milesville 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/