Do you know of Tracy ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Tracy. 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 Tracy.
Our sources for Tracy (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 Tracy other than they indicate that Tracy would be found somewhere in Watauga County, North Carolina.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1890 and closed in 1909.
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 Tracy ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Tracy.
Within North Carolina, the name Tracy 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, 22 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- San Joaquin County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Tracy [San Joaquin County].
- Connecticut
- New Haven County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Tracy [New Haven County].
- Illinois
- Cook 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 Illinois community of Tracy [Cook County].
- Kankakee 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 Illinois community of Tracy [Kankakee County].
- Indiana
- LaPorte County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Tracy [LaPorte County].
- Iowa
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Tracy [Marion County].
- Kentucky
- Barren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Tracy [Barren County].
- Minnesota
- Lyon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Tracy [Lyon County].
- Missouri
- Montana
- Cascade County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Tracy [Cascade County].
- Nebraska
- Greeley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Tracy [Greeley County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Tracy.
- New Jersey
- Middlesex County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Tracy [Middlesex County].
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Seminole 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 Oklahoma community of Tracy [Seminole County].
- Texas 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 Oklahoma community of Tracy [Texas County].
- Oregon
- Clackamas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Tracy [Clackamas County].
- Pennsylvania
- Erie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Tracy [Erie County].
- Texas
- Milam County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Tracy [Milam County].
- Washington
- Walla Walla County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Tracy [Walla Walla County].
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
- Laramie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Tracy [Laramie County].
- California
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Tracy ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Tracy:
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 Tracy - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Tracy.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 37/68160 (Place Name: Tracy)
County: Watauga (FIPS State/County: 37/189)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Tracy) 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 Watauga 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 Watauga 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Tracy 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/ |