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Do you know of Ogburntown ???

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

We found mention of Ogburntown as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Forsyth County, North Carolina.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Ogburntown ...

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

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Ogburntown.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 37/48760   (Place Name: Ogburntown)

County: Forsyth     (FIPS State/County: 37/067)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Ogburntown) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in  Forsyth County ...

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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 
BurkevilleNain
 North
Clemmonsville 
CratersOak Summit
 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.









 

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