Do you know of Dixie ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Dixie. 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 Dixie.<1>
Our sources for Dixie (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 Dixie other than they indicate that Dixie would be found somewhere in Lamar County, Texas.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1890 and closed in 1905.
Communities Also Named Dixie ...
We found 55 communities that share the name Dixie.
There is one other community in Texas which is also named Dixie.
Beyond Texas, we know of another 54 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 54 communities, 54 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Grayson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Dixie [Grayson County].
- Grayson County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Chilton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Dixie [Chilton County].
- Escambia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Dixie [Escambia County].
- Walker 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 Alabama community of Dixie [Walker County].
- Arizona
- Maricopa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Dixie [Maricopa County].
- Arkansas
- Clay County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Dixie [Clay County].
- Craighead County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Dixie [Craighead County].
- Crittenden County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Dixie [Crittenden County].
- Perry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Dixie [Perry County].
- Pulaski County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Dixie [Pulaski County].
- Woodruff County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Dixie [Woodruff County].
- California
- Lassen County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Dixie [Lassen County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Harrison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Dixie [Harrison County].
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Harlan 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 Kentucky community of Dixie [Harlan County].
- Henderson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Dixie [Henderson County].
- Kenton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Dixie [Kenton County].
- Magoffin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Dixie [Magoffin County].
- Whitley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Dixie [Whitley County].
- Louisiana
- Bossier Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Dixie [Bossier Parish].
- Caddo Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Dixie [Caddo Parish].
- Tensas Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Dixie [Tensas Parish].
- Vernon Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Dixie [Vernon Parish].
- Mississippi
- Bolivar County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Dixie [Bolivar County].
- Forrest County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Dixie [Forrest County].
- Noxubee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Dixie [Noxubee County].
- Missouri
- Callaway County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Dixie [Callaway County].
- Nevada
- North Carolina
- Mecklenburg County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Dixie [Mecklenburg County].
- Scotland 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 Dixie [Scotland County].
- Wilson County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Dixie [Wilson County].
- Ohio
- Perry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Dixie [Perry County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Dixie.
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- Lancaster 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 South Carolina community of Dixie [Lancaster County].
- Sumter County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Dixie [Sumter County].
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- Washington
- Walla Walla County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Dixie [Walla Walla County].
- West Virginia
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Dixie ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Dixie:
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 Dixie - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Texas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Lamar 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 Lamar County.
| Arthur | Grove |
| Betner | Lenoir |
| Blossom Prairie | |
| Bluebird | Need |
| Brodie | |
| Ozark | |
| Cotton Plant | |
| Paddock | |
| Davis | |
| Starkesville | |
| Forward | |
| Tollette | |
| Gadsden | |
| Gantt | Wayne |
| Garrett | Williamsburg |
| Georgiaville | Wrightsville |
| Gibson |
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 Dixie 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/ |