Do you know of Benjes ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Benjes. 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 Benjes.<1> Our sources for Benjes (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 Benjes other than they indicate that Benjes would be found somewhere in Shelby County, Tennessee. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1880 and closed in 1900. Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Benjes ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Benjes: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Benjes - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned More Orphans in Shelby 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 Shelby County. Footnotes ...
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