Do you know of Short Off ???

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

Our sources for Short Off (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 Short Off other than they indicate that Short Off would be found somewhere in Macon County, North Carolina.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Short Off ...

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

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Short Off.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 37/61720   (Place Name: Short Off)

County: Macon     (FIPS State/County: 37/113)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Short Off) 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  Macon 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 Macon County.