Do you know of Ryan ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Ryan. 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 Ryan.
Our sources for Ryan (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 Ryan other than they indicate that Ryan would be found somewhere in Robeson County, North Carolina.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1888 and closed in 1902.
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.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Ryan ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Ryan.
Within North Carolina, the name Ryan is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 21 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Shelby County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Ryan [Shelby County].
- Arizona
- Coconino County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Ryan [Coconino County].
- Arkansas
- Lonoke County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Ryan [Lonoke County].
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Ryan.
- California
- Inyo County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Ryan [Inyo County].
- Illinois
- Vermilion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Ryan [Vermilion County].
- Iowa
- Delaware County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Ryan [Delaware County].
- Kansas
- Doniphan 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 Ryan [Doniphan County].
- Ford 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 Kansas community of Ryan [Ford County].
- Rush 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 Kansas community of Ryan [Rush County].
- Kentucky
- Fleming County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Ryan [Fleming County].
- Michigan
- Midland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Ryan [Midland County].
- Minnesota
- Goodhue County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Ryan [Goodhue County].
- Nevada
- Mineral County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Ryan [Mineral County].
- Ohio
- Lucas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Ryan [Lucas County].
- Oklahoma
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Ryan [Jefferson County].
- Ontario
- Texas
- Virginia
- Loudoun County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Ryan [Loudoun County].
- Washington
- Stevens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Ryan [Stevens County].
- West Virginia
- Roane County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Ryan [Roane County].
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Ryan ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Ryan:
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 Ryan - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
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.
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 Ryan 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |