Do you know of Gates ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Gates. 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 Gates.<1>
Our sources for Gates (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 Gates other than they indicate that Gates would be found somewhere in Pickens County, South Carolina.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1886 and closed in 1894.
Communities Also Named Gates ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Gates.
Within South Carolina, the name Gates is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Gates.
- California
- Santa Barbara County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Gates [Santa Barbara County].
- Solano 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 California community of Gates [Solano County].
- Colorado
- Weld County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Gates [Weld County].
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- Rowan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Gates [Rowan County].
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New York
- Monroe County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Gates [Monroe County].
- Saratoga County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Gates [Saratoga County].
- North Carolina
- Gates County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Gates [Gates County].
- Oregon
- Linn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Gates [Linn County].
- Pennsylvania
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Gates [Fayette County].
- Tennessee
- Lauderdale County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Gates [Lauderdale County].
- Texas
- West Virginia
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Gates [Monroe County].
- British Columbia
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gates ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Gates:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Gates - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Pickens 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 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> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Gates 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |