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Do you know of Caruther's ???

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

Our sources for Caruther's (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 Caruther's other than they indicate that Caruther's would be found somewhere in Wilson County, Tennessee.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1884 and closed  in 1896.

Communities Also Named Caruther's ...

We found two communities that share the name Caruther's.

Within Tennessee, the name Caruther's is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Fresno County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Caruther's [Fresno County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Caruther's [Hillsborough County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Caruther's ...

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

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 Caruther's - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Wilson 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 Wilson County.

AustinMcCulloch
 Moxie
Blair Lane 
BuhlerNelson Hill
  
CampertonPartlow
CatamountPonville
  
EaganvilleRives
  
ForestvilleSilver Spring Station
 Simmons' Bluff
HalifaxSlatesville
HattonvilleStringtown
Haywood 
 Three Forks
Linn 
LockportWilford
  

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/









 

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