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Do you know of Babbtown ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Babbtown. 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 Babbtown.

Our sources for Babbtown (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 Babbtown other than they indicate that Babbtown would be found somewhere in Greenville County, South Carolina.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1873 and closed  in 1903.

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.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Babbtown ...

We found two communities that share the name Babbtown.

Within South Carolina, the name Babbtown is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Osage County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Babbtown [Osage County].
    • Ohio
      • Miami County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Babbtown [Miami County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Babbtown ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

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

Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Babbtown.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 45/03475   (Place Name: Babbtown)

County: Greenville     (FIPS State/County: 45/045)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Babbtown) 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  Greenville 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 Greenville County.

AlbaJesse
Allis 
AltamontLenderman
AnselLily
ArdenLocust
ArmstrongLouise
  
Barnett'sMayfair
BatsonMetts
BellevueMiddle Saluda
BelmontMono
BenMush Creek
Bessie 
BettieNeely
BramlettNile
BranwoodNix
Brook ForestNorth Greenville
Buena VistaNorth Greer
  
CarlOakvale
CatourahOneal
Cedar Falls 
CedrusPanther Fork
ChandlerParismont
ClaraPlain
ClearspringPliny
CrosswellProgress
Crotwell 
 Reedy River Factory
DunklinReid
 Richardson
East Greenville 
 Saint Albans
FederalSlater - Marietta
FentressSouth Greenville
FloraSterling Grove
FreemanStirling
 Stonesville
GracelandStradleysville
GrandeurSummit View
Greer Mill 
Greer's DepotTituroy
Grove StationTullyton
Grove 
 Venus
Highland Grove 
HighwayWalkersville
HillsdaleWares
HollingsworthWarthen
HuntersvilleWestcliff
  

Footnotes ...

<1>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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