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Do you know of Quarry ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Quarry. 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 Quarry.

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

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.

Communities Also Named Quarry ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Quarry.

Within North Carolina, the name Quarry is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Independence County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Quarry [Independence County].
    • Colorado
      • El Paso County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Quarry [El Paso County].
    • Indiana
      • Martin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Quarry [Martin County].
    • Iowa
      • Dallas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Quarry [Dallas County].
      • Marshall County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Quarry [Marshall County].
    • Kansas
      • Marion County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Quarry [Marion County].
    • Michigan
      • Huron County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Quarry [Huron County].
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Quarry.
    • Ohio
      • Monroe County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Quarry [Monroe County].
    • Oregon
      • Multnomah County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Quarry [Multnomah County].
    • Texas
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Quarry [Washington County].
    • Virginia
      • Russell County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Quarry [Russell County].
      • Smyth County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Quarry [Smyth County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Manitowoc County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Quarry [Manitowoc County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Quarry ...

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

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

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Quarry.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 37/54400   (Place Name: Quarry)

County: Wilkes     (FIPS State/County: 37/193)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Quarry) 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  Wilkes 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 Wilkes County.

AbhersLucille
  
BowlesMyers
Briercreek 
Brushy MountainOzark
Burcham 
ByrdParks
 Patriot
ChampionPoor's Knob
ClinePores Knob
CongoProffit
Cowles 
 Radical
DyerReddies River
 Roaring Gap
EdnaRound Mountain
Elder Branch 
 Shoe
FairplainStanton
FeltsStony Hill
 Straw
GlassSummit
Goshen 
 Viands
Hix 
 West Elkin
InkWhittington
IraWiles
  
Lewis ForksYellow Hill
Lucile 

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Quarry 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.









 

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