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Do you know of Refuge ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1893 and closed  in 1903.

Communities Also Named Refuge ...

We found six communities that share the name Refuge.

Within North Carolina, the name Refuge is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Talladega County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Refuge [Talladega County].
    • Georgia
      • Camden County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Refuge [Camden County].
    • Mississippi
      • Humphreys County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Refuge [Humphreys County].
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Refuge [Washington County].
    • Texas
      • Houston County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Refuge [Houston County].
    • Virginia
      • Frederick County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Refuge [Frederick County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Refuge ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

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

More Orphans in  Robeson 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 Robeson County.

AffinityMcNair
AlfredMcNatts
Amerotron MillMelrose
AntiochMidstate Mill
AthensMillprong
 Morrosenean
Biggs Park 
BraceyNorment
BranchvilleNorth Lumberton
Britts 
 Pike
CapolPlainview
CharmPurcepolis
Cowper Hill 
CromartieQueensdale
  
DaystromRandalsville
 Rochester
FulmoreRoziers
 Ryan
Gilopolis 
GradySessom
 Seven Bridges
HillsideShandon
 Sim
InmanSouth Lumberton
IoniaSterling
  
KingsdaleTabor
Kinlaw 
 Voline
LeesvilleVollers
  
MalvinaWest Lumberton
MarysvilleWilksville
McArthurs 

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>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Refuge 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.
<3>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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