Do you know of Shallow Ford ???

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

Our sources for Shallow Ford (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 Shallow Ford other than they indicate that Shallow Ford would be found somewhere in Alamance County, North Carolina.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1848 and closed  in 1903.

Communities Also Named Shallow Ford ...

We found three communities that share the name Shallow Ford.

There are two communities within North Carolina that are also named Shallow Ford.

Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Shallow Ford in the United States.

• Communities Located In North Carolina ...
  • Macon County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Shallow Ford [Macon County].
  • Yadkin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Shallow Ford [Yadkin County].

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Georgia
    • Hall County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Shallow Ford [Hall County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Shallow Ford ...

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

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 Shallow Ford - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Alamance 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 Alamance County.