Do you know of Bethlehem ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bethlehem. 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 Bethlehem.
Our sources for Bethlehem (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 Bethlehem other than they indicate that Bethlehem would be found somewhere in Florence County, South Carolina.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1848 and closed in 1908.
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 Bethlehem ...
We found 45 communities that share the name Bethlehem.
Within South Carolina, the name Bethlehem is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another 45 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Etowah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Bethlehem [Etowah County].
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Bethlehem [Montgomery County].
- Perry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Bethlehem [Perry County].
- Pickens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Bethlehem [Pickens County].
- Talladega County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Bethlehem [Talladega County].
- Arkansas
- Conway County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bethlehem [Conway County].
- Connecticut
- Litchfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Bethlehem [Litchfield County].
- Florida
- Holmes County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Bethlehem [Holmes County].
- Georgia
- Barrow County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bethlehem [Barrow County].
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bethlehem [Union County].
- Walton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bethlehem [Walton County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bethlehem [Clark County].
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Hardin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Bethlehem [Hardin County].
- Henry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Bethlehem [Henry County].
- Louisiana
- Winn Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Bethlehem [Winn Parish].
- Maryland
- Caroline County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Bethlehem [Caroline County].
- Mississippi
- Marshall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Bethlehem [Marshall County].
- Missouri
- McDonald County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bethlehem [McDonald County].
- Montgomery County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bethlehem [Montgomery County].
- New Hampshire
- Grafton County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Bethlehem [Grafton County].
- New Jersey
- North Carolina
- Alexander County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Bethlehem [Alexander County].
- Catawba County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Bethlehem [Catawba County].
- Hertford County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Bethlehem [Hertford County].
- Rockingham County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Bethlehem [Rockingham County].
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Northampton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bethlehem [Northampton County].
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Campbell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bethlehem [Campbell County].
- Cannon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bethlehem [Cannon County].
- Cheatham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bethlehem [Cheatham County].
- Hardin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bethlehem [Hardin County].
- Henry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bethlehem [Henry County].
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bethlehem [Monroe County].
- Wayne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bethlehem [Wayne County].
- Williamson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bethlehem [Williamson County].
- Texas
- Bowie County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bethlehem [Bowie County].
- Cass County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bethlehem [Cass County].
- Hill 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 Texas community of Bethlehem [Hill County].
- Upshur County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bethlehem [Upshur County].
- West Virginia
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bethlehem ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Bethlehem:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Bethlehem - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Florence 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 Florence County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Bethlehem 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |