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Do you know of Giltedge ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1881 and closed  in 1904.

Communities Also Named Giltedge ...

We found one communities that share the name Giltedge.

Within Tennessee, the name Giltedge is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, there is another community also named Giltedge in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Montana
      • Fergus County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Giltedge [Fergus County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Giltedge ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

More Orphans in  Tipton County ...

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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 Tipton County.

Almira 
 Phelan
BatesvillePoplar Grove
Bloomington 
 Reed Lakes
CastoriaReverie
 Richardson
GainsvilleRichardson's Landing
Gin House Lake 
 Simonton
IdaSouth Covington
  
Leighs ChapelUnion Hill
 Uriel
Mount Zion 
MunchWalts
 Wilkins
Oak GroveWright

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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