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Do you know of Old Fields ???

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

Our sources for Old Fields (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 Old Fields other than they indicate that Old Fields would be found somewhere in Mitchell County, North Carolina.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1889 and closed  in 1892.

Communities Also Named Old Fields ...

We found two communities that share the name Old Fields.

Within North Carolina, the name Old Fields is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Old Fields [Harford County].
    • West Virginia
      • Hardy County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Old Fields [Hardy County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Old Fields ...

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

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Mitchell 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 Mitchell County.

BrightonKeenerville
Brummett 
Brummett's CreekLineback
 Linville Cove
CranberryLinville
 Loggy
Elk Park 
ElsieMagnetic City
 Mica
ForbesMontezuma
Fork Mountain 
FrankPlumtree
  
GlenSenia
 Spear
Hale 
Hollow PoplarTrout
  
IngalsWilder's
  

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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