Do you know of Lilac ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Lilac. 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 Lilac.

Our sources for Lilac (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 Lilac other than they indicate that Lilac would be found somewhere in Milam County, Texas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1883 and closed  in 1905.

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 Lilac ...

We found six communities that share the name Lilac.

Within Texas, the name Lilac is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • California
    • San Diego County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Lilac [San Diego County].
  • Kentucky
    • Grayson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Lilac [Grayson County].
  • Mississippi
    • Montgomery County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Lilac [Montgomery County].
  • Nebraska
    • McPherson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Lilac [McPherson County].
  • Ohio
    • Hamilton County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Lilac [Hamilton County].
  • Tennessee
    • Cocke County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Lilac [Cocke County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lilac ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Lilac.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 48/42700   (Place Name: Lilac)

County: Milam     (FIPS State/County: 48/331)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Lilac) 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  Milam 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 Milam County.