Do you know of Parch Corn ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Parch Corn. 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 Parch Corn.<1> Our sources for Parch Corn (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 Parch Corn other than they indicate that Parch Corn would be found somewhere in Scott County, Tennessee. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1877 and closed in 1892. Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Parch Corn ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Parch Corn: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Parch Corn - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888)
More Orphans in Scott 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 Scott County. Footnotes ...
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