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Do you know of Kings Ferry ???

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

Our sources for Kings Ferry (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 Kings Ferry other than they indicate that Kings Ferry would be found somewhere in Cayuga County, New York.

Communities Also Named Kings Ferry ...

We found five communities that share the name Kings Ferry.

There is one other community in New York which is also named Kings Ferry.

Beyond New York, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Rockland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Kings Ferry [Rockland County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Kings Ferry [Tuscaloosa County].
    • Florida
      • Nassau County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Kings Ferry [Nassau County].
    • Georgia
      • Camden County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Kings Ferry [Camden County].
    • Mississippi
      • Warren County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Kings Ferry [Warren County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Kings Ferry ...

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

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

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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

The FIPS database contains an entry for Kings Ferry.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 36/39661   (Place Name: Kings Ferry)

County: Cayuga     (FIPS State/County: 36/011)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Kings Ferry) 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  Cayuga 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 Cayuga County.

Auburn SoutheastLake Como
Aurelius StationLittle Sodus
Aurelius 
 Myers
Bolts Corners 
BranchvilleNine Corners
Brutus 
 Owasco Lake
Clear View 
 Port Byron Station
Dougal's 
 Scipio
EllsworthSeneca River
 South Venice
Farleys PointSpringport
 The Square
Goodyear'sSterling Center
 Sterling Station
Ira Station 
Ithaca JunctionThroopville
  
JacksonVenice
  
King's Ferry StationWest Niles
Kinsler'sWoods
Koenig's PointWyckoffs Station
  

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.









 

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