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Do you know of Brannon ???

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

Our sources for Brannon (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Brannon other than they indicate that Brannon would be found somewhere in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.

Communities Also Named Brannon ...

We found three communities that share the name Brannon.

Within South Carolina, the name Brannon is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Madison County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Brannon [Madison County].
    • Kentucky
      • Jessamine County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Brannon [Jessamine County].
    • Louisiana
      • Iberia Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Brannon [Iberia Parish].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Brannon ...

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

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Brannon - 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 Brannon.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 45/08470   (Place Name: Brannon)

County: Spartanburg     (FIPS State/County: 45/083)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Brannon) 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  Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg County.

AlgoodLanham
AppalachieLayton
ArdellaLenwood
ArlingtonLolo
Arrowood 
 Martinsville
BatesvilleMaud
BeccaMayfair Mill
BerryMoultrie
BivingsvilleMount Lebanon
BlackwoodMountain Shoals
Briantsville 
Buck CreekNesbit
Burnt FactoryNew Hope
 Norah
Camp Wadsworth Village 
Camp WadsworthOld Cedar Springs
CavinsOwens
Cedar Spring 
CherokeeParis
ClarencePeach Valley
ClarksvillePiney Grove
ClaytonPools
Crowsville 
 Ravenna
DallasRice
DamascusRich Hill
DicksonRockford
Dobson 
DoddvilleSancho
DrummondvilleSherwood Archer
 Shoally
EarlesvilleShoreswood
East GreerSkyland
East StartexSparjun
Elm GroveSpringfield
EnglesideState Line
EzellStribling
 Sunnyside
FairmountSwain
Farley 
ForsterThickety
Fort PrinceTippin
FosterTrough
FriendshipTucapau
 Tular
Gaffney City 
Gaffney'sVera
GoucherVernonsville
Grassy PondVictor Mills Village
 Victor
Harrelson 
HayneWalker
HenryWhitefield
HillbrookWhitestone
HobbysvilleWillie
HurricaneWingo
 Wright
IrbyWyatt
  

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.









 

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