Do you know of Chastain ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Chastain. 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 Chastain.<1>
Our sources for Chastain (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 Chastain other than they indicate that Chastain would be found somewhere in Pickens County, South Carolina.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1900 and closed in 1905.
Communities Also Named Chastain ...
We found two communities that share the name Chastain.
Within South Carolina, the name Chastain is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Chastain ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Chastain:
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 Pickens County ...
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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> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |