Do you know of Hazel ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hazel. 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 Hazel.

We found mention of Hazel as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Henry County, Tennessee.

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.

Communities Also Named Hazel ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Hazel.

Within Tennessee, the name Hazel is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
  - Cassia County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Hazel [Cassia County].
- Kentucky
  - Calloway County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Hazel [Calloway County].
  - Union County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Hazel [Union County].
- Louisiana
  - Saint Martin Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Hazel [Saint Martin Parish].
- Manitoba
  - Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Hazel.
- Michigan
  - Houghton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Hazel [Houghton County].
  - Iron County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Hazel [Iron County].
- Minnesota
  - Pennington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Hazel [Pennington County].
- Mississippi
  - Newton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Hazel [Newton County].
- New York
  - Sullivan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Hazel [Sullivan County].
- South Carolina
  - Pickens County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Hazel [Pickens County].
- South Dakota
  - Hamlin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Hazel [Hamlin County].
- Texas
  - Clay County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Hazel [Clay County].
- Virginia
  - Russell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Hazel [Russell County].
- Washington
  - Snohomish County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Hazel [Snohomish County].
- West Virginia
  - Wetzel County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Hazel [Wetzel County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hazel ...

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Hazel.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 47/32990 (Place Name: Hazel)

County: Henry (FIPS State/County: 47/079)

Class: X3

More Orphans in Henry 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 Henry County.

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Hazel could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.