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Do you know of Bessie ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1899 and closed  in 1904.

Communities Also Named Bessie ...

We found ten communities that share the name Bessie.

Within South Carolina, the name Bessie is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Chilton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Bessie [Chilton County].
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Bessie [Jefferson County].
    • Arkansas
      • Faulkner County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bessie [Faulkner County].
      • Lawrence County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bessie [Lawrence County].
    • Georgia
      • Wilkes County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bessie [Wilkes County].
    • Illinois
      • Franklin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Bessie [Franklin County].
    • North Carolina
      • Jackson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Bessie [Jackson County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Washita County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Bessie [Washita County].
    • Tennessee
      • Lake County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bessie [Lake County].
    • Texas
      • Gaines County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bessie [Gaines County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bessie ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

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.

Alba 
AllisLenderman
AltamontLily
AnselLocust
ArdenLouise
Armstrong 
 Mayfair
BabbtownMetts
Barnett'sMiddle Saluda
BatsonMono
BellevueMush Creek
Belmont 
BenNeely
BettieNew Liberty
BramlettNile
BranwoodNix
Brook ForestNorth Greenville
Buena VistaNorth Greer
 North Saluda
Carl 
CatourahOakvale
Cedar FallsOneal
CedrusOrleans
Chandler 
ClaraPaloma
ClearspringPanther Fork
CrosswellParismont
CrotwellPlain
 Pliny
DunklinProgress
  
East GreenvilleReedy River Factory
 Reid
FederalRichardson
Fentress 
FloraSaint Albans
FreemanSaxly
 Slater - Marietta
GilderSouth Greenville
GracelandSterling Grove
GrandeurStirling
Greer MillStonesville
Greer's DepotStradleysville
Grove StationSummit View
Grove 
 Tituroy
Highland GroveTullyton
Highway 
HillsdaleVenus
Hokeville 
HollingsworthWalkersville
HuntersvilleWares
 Warthen
JesseWestcliff

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/









 

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