Do you know of Blocker ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Blocker. 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 Blocker.
Our sources for Blocker (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 Blocker other than they indicate that Blocker would be found somewhere in Harrison County, Texas.
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.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Blocker ...
We found three communities that share the name Blocker.
Within Texas, the name Blocker is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Leon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Blocker [Leon County].
- Kansas
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Blocker [Washington County].
- Oklahoma
- Pittsburg County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Blocker [Pittsburg County].
- Florida
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Blocker ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Blocker:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Blocker - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Texas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southern States
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Blocker.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 48/08728 (Place Name: Blocker)
County: Harrison (FIPS State/County: 48/203)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Blocker) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Harrison 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 Harrison County.