Do you know of Long Point ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Long Point. 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 Long Point.
Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Long Point, so we are uncertain whether Long Point is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Long Point would be found somewhere in Harris 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 Long Point ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Long Point.
There are three communities within Texas that are also named Long Point.
Beyond Texas, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and six are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Fort Bend County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Long Point [Fort Bend County].
- Harrison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Long Point [Harrison County].
- Washington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Long Point [Washington County].
- Fort Bend County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Bay County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Long Point [Bay County].
- Illinois
- Livingston County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Long Point [Livingston County].
- Iowa
- Tama County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Long Point [Tama County].
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Long Point [Anne Arundel County].
- Michigan
- Cheboygan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Long Point [Cheboygan County].
- Minnesota
- Lake of the Woods County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Long Point [Lake of the Woods County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Long Point.
- New York
- Yates County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Long Point [Yates County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Long Point.
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Long Point.
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Long Point.
- Pennsylvania
- Clarion County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Long Point [Clarion County].
- South Carolina
- Horry County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Long Point [Horry County].
- Vermont
- Addison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Long Point [Addison County].
- Virginia
- Portsmouth City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Long Point [Portsmouth City].
- Florida
More Orphans in Harris 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 Harris County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Long Point 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. |