Do you know of Upshur ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Upshur. 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 Upshur.<1> Our sources for Upshur (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 Upshur other than they indicate that Upshur would be found somewhere in Preble County, Ohio. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1844 and closed in 1906. Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Upshur ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Upshur: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Upshur - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
George#&160;F. Cram Map (1901)
More Orphans in Preble 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 Preble County.
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