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

Our sources for Owenby (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Owenby other than they indicate that Owenby would be found somewhere in Sampson County, North Carolina.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Owenby ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Sampson 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 Sampson County.

Alpine 
ArcotLatie
 Lisbon
BassLissa
BlakeLydia
Bland 
 Maitland
ChanceMcClam Crossroads
ClemontMints
CoharieMix
 Moultonville
DalilaMunks Crossroads
Dismal 
DobbinsvilleOra
 Owenville
Earnest 
 Piney Grove
Fido 
 Robena
Giles MillsRockland
Goshen 
 Six Runs
Harper's Cross RoadsSmokeyville
Harrells Store 
HerringThomas
HerringsvilleTippecanoe
Hives 
Hobbs CrossroadsWardsville
HobtonWest Crossroads

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.