Do you know of Brays ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Brays. 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 Brays.<1>
Our sources for Brays (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 Brays other than they indicate that Brays would be found somewhere in Hancock County, Tennessee.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1885 and closed in 1903.
Communities Also Named Brays ...
We found two communities that share the name Brays.
Within Tennessee, the name Brays is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Brays ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Brays:
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 Brays - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Hancock 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 Hancock County.
| Bertha | Mitchburg |
| Black Water | Mulberry Gap |
| Camilla | New Sedalia |
| Clinch | |
| Copper Ridge | Parkey |
| Datura | Shortburgh |
| Stony Gap | |
| Fenton | |
| Flat Gap | Upper Clinch |
| Foxbranch | |
| War Creek | |
| Leaman | War Ridge |
| Meadowfield | Xerxes |
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/ |