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Do you know of Onward ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1884 and closed  in 1917.

Communities Also Named Onward ...

We found four communities that share the name Onward.

Within Tennessee, the name Onward is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • British Columbia
      • Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Onward.
    • Indiana
      • Cass County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Onward [Cass County].
    • Mississippi
      • Sharkey County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Onward [Sharkey County].
    • North Carolina
      • Montgomery 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 North Carolina community of Onward [Montgomery County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Onward ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Onward - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  White 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 White County.

Amanda 
 Key
Belle Aire 
Bon Air SpringsMourberry
  
CameronNewark
Camp Ground 
CasstownO'connors
CaveOllieville
Clarkstown 
 Price
Dillardsville 
Doyle's StationRail Road Plains
 Rock House
East Sparta 
 Shingle
GearsvilleSimpson's Mills
Green TreeSolon
 Spring Mills
Hensley Chapel 
HolderTip Top
Hutchings 

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Onward 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.
<3>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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