Do you know of Elm Tree ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Elm Tree. 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 Elm Tree.<1>
Our sources for Elm Tree (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 Elm Tree other than they indicate that Elm Tree would be found somewhere in Weakley County, Tennessee.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1852 and closed in 1905.
Communities Also Named Elm Tree ...
We found two communities that share the name Elm Tree.
Within Tennessee, the name Elm Tree is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Elm Tree ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Elm Tree:
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 Elm Tree - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Weakley 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 Weakley County.
| Gardnersville | |
| Gleeson Station | Peck |
| Hillside | Ralston's Station |
| Rinda | |
| Limbs | |
| Locust Grove | Salem |
| Morena | Unity |
| Mount Warren | |
| Willingham | |
| Old Hickory | Winston |
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/ |