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Do you know of Blue Branch ???

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

Our sources for Blue Branch (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 Blue Branch other than they indicate that Blue Branch would be found somewhere in Lee County, Texas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1854 and closed  in 1895.

Communities Also Named Blue Branch ...

We found one communities that share the name Blue Branch.

Within Texas, the name Blue Branch is unique.

Beyond Texas, there is another community also named Blue Branch in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • Benton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Blue Branch [Benton County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Blue Branch ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

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

More Orphans in  Lee 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 Lee County.

Darden SpringsNiles
 Nunnsville
The Knobbs 
  

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>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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