Do you know of Jenkins ???

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

Our sources for Jenkins (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Jenkins other than they indicate that Jenkins would be found somewhere in Loudon County, Tennessee.

Communities Also Named Jenkins ...

We found twenty communities that share the name Jenkins.

Within Tennessee, the name Jenkins is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Calhoun County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Jenkins [Calhoun County].
- Florida
  - Hillsborough County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Jenkins [Hillsborough County].
- Illinois
  - De Witt County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Jenkins [De Witt County].
  - Williamson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Jenkins [Williamson County].
- Kansas
  - Comanche County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Jenkins [Comanche County].
  - McPherson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Jenkins [McPherson County].
- Kentucky
  - Letcher County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Jenkins [Letcher County].
- Louisiana
  - Washington Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Jenkins [Washington Parish].
- Maryland
  - Baltimore County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Jenkins [Baltimore County].
- Minnesota
  - Crow Wing County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Jenkins [Crow Wing County].
- Mississippi
  - Jones County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Jenkins [Jones County].
- Missouri
  - Barry County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Jenkins [Barry County].
  - Jasper County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Jenkins [Jasper County].
- Nevada
  - Elko County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Jenkins [Elko County].
  - Lander County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Jenkins [Lander County].
- New Jersey
  - Burlington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Jenkins [Burlington County].
- New Mexico
  - Lea County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Jenkins [Lea County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Luzerne County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Jenkins [Luzerne County].
- Texas
  - Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Jenkins [Madison County].
  - Morris County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Jenkins [Morris County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Jenkins ...

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Jenkins - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

More Orphans in Loudon 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 Loudon County.

Acting
	Padget
Browder	Paint Rock
	Pine Top
Dora	Piney

Eve Mills	Reed Spring

Lenoir's	Stockton Valley
	Stockton
Muddy Creek	Sylvanus

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>

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 Jenkins 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.