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Do you know of Edgefield ???

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

Our sources for Edgefield (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 Edgefield other than they indicate that Edgefield would be found somewhere in Davidson County, Tennessee.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1895 and closed  in 1910.

Communities Also Named Edgefield ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Edgefield.

There are two communities within Tennessee that are also named Edgefield.

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

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Smith County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Edgefield [Smith County].
    • Sullivan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Edgefield [Sullivan County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Barbour County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Edgefield [Barbour County].
      • Jackson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Edgefield [Jackson County].
      • Mobile County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Edgefield [Mobile County].
    • Louisiana
      • Red River Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Edgefield [Red River Parish].
    • Mississippi
      • Attala County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Edgefield [Attala County].
    • Ohio
      • Fayette County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Edgefield [Fayette County].
      • Stark County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Edgefield [Stark County].
    • South Carolina
      • Edgefield County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Edgefield [Edgefield County].
    • Virginia
      • Portsmouth City
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Edgefield [Portsmouth City].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Edgefield ...

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

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 Edgefield - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Davidson 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 Davidson County.

AcklenMayview
 Melrose
BakerMimms
Bakers Station 
BaptistNew Due West
BaxtersNewsom's Station
BelleviewNorth
BluefieldsNortheast
Bull Run 
 Oneyville
DanleyOvertons
Doziers 
DrakePennington Bend
Due WestPleasant Hill
  
East Due WestRiverside
EastRosedale
Easton 
Edgefield JunctionSettersville
 Shwab
Flat RockSouth Harpeth
Fort NashboroughSouth Nashville
 Stahlman
GlendaleStewart's Ferry
Goodlett'sStone River
Gulistan 
 Uptown Nashville
Hardin's 
Harpeth Valley ParkVan Blarcom
Hickory BendVaughn
Highland Heights 
HillwoodWhite Bridge
 White Creek Springs
Jere BaxterWhite's Bend
 Woodard
KeeblesvilleWoodland
 Woodmont
Manskers Island 

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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