RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of North Carolina >> Forsyth County >> NainSitemap...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
North Carolina


The Commemorative Quarter for North Carolina







Do you know of Nain ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1900 and closed  in 1903.

Communities Also Named Nain ...

We found two communities that share the name Nain.

Within North Carolina, the name Nain is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Nain.
    • Virginia
      • Frederick County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Nain [Frederick County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Nain ...

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

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  Forsyth 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 Forsyth County.

Belew Creek MillsMathis
BethabaraMatthewstown
Blakley 
BurkevilleNorth
  
ClemmonsvilleOak Summit
CratersOgburntown
 Okay
DaisyOld Richmond
Domestic 
DosierReed's
 Ruth
East Winston - Salem 
 Salem Chapel
Flat BranchesSpot
  
GoodwillTiretown
  
HulonWhite View
 Winston Junction
LibertyWinston
  

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/









 

Copyright 2025
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 28 Apr 2025