Do you know of Tweed ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Tweed. 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 Tweed.<1>
Our sources for Tweed (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 Tweed other than they indicate that Tweed would be found somewhere in Buncombe County, North Carolina.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1883 and closed in 1903.
Communities Also Named Tweed ...
We found three communities that share the name Tweed.
Within North Carolina, the name Tweed is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Tweed ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Tweed:
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 Tweed - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Buncombe 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 Buncombe County.
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/ |