Do you know of Alexander ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Alexander. 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 Alexander.<1>
Our sources for Alexander (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 Alexander other than they indicate that Alexander would be found somewhere in Pickens County, South Carolina.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1890 and closed in 1907.
Communities Also Named Alexander ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Alexander.
Within South Carolina, the name Alexander is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 26 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Sumter County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Alexander [Sumter County].
- Alberta
- Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Alexander.
- Arkansas
- Greene County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Alexander [Greene County].
- Saline County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Alexander [Saline County].
- Colorado
- Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Alexander [Lake County].
- Georgia
- Burke County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Alexander [Burke County].
- Paulding County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Alexander [Paulding County].
- Idaho
- Caribou County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Alexander [Caribou County].
- Illinois
- Kane County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Alexander [Kane County].
- Morgan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Alexander [Morgan County].
- Iowa
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Alexander [Franklin County].
- Kansas
- Douglas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alexander [Douglas County].
- Rush County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alexander [Rush County].
- Kentucky
- Allen County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Alexander [Allen County].
- Fulton 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 Kentucky community of Alexander [Fulton County].
- Maine
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Alexander [Washington County].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Alexander.
- Michigan
- Chippewa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Alexander [Chippewa County].
- Crawford 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 Michigan community of Alexander [Crawford County].
- Mississippi
- Issaquena County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Alexander [Issaquena County].
- Nevada
- Elko County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Alexander [Elko County].
- New York
- Genesee County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Alexander [Genesee County].
- North Carolina
- Buncombe County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Alexander [Buncombe County].
- North Dakota
- McKenzie County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Alexander [McKenzie County].
- Ohio
- Texas
- Erath County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Alexander [Erath County].
- West Virginia
- Upshur County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Alexander [Upshur County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Alexander ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Alexander:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Alexander - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Pickens 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 Pickens 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> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Alexander 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |