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Do you know of Treetop ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1890 and closed  in 1951.

Communities Also Named Treetop ...

We found one communities that share the name Treetop.

Within North Carolina, the name Treetop is unique.

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

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

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Treetop ...

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

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 Treetop - 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 Treetop.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 37/68300   (Place Name: Treetop)

County: Ashe     (FIPS State/County: 37/009)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Treetop) 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  Ashe 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 Ashe County.

AlgiersIdol's Mill
AmyIndex
Ashley 
AsterJones
Ava 
 Linney
BallLittle Horse Creek
Beldon 
BengMahone
BerlinManly
BerniceMcGuire
BlevinsMulkey
Bly 
BudNettle Knob
 New River
CarsonvilleNorth Fork
Chester 
ColvardsParsons
ConcertPinckton
 Potato Creek
Dandy 
DolingerRatler
DysonRaven
 Rhine
EdisonRiver Side
Elk Cross RoadsRoark
ElklandRoberts
EyeRoundabout
  
Farmers StoreSilas Creek
 Sly
GaleSolitude
Gap CivilSouth Fork
Gap CreekSussex
Glenn 
GrimsleyThaxton
 Theta
Hastings 
HemlockVenus
HermitageVernon
Hopkins 
Horse CreekWalnut Hill
HuskWeasel
 Wheeler
Idol 

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>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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