Do you know of Curtis ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Curtis. 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 Curtis.
We found mention of Curtis as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Roane County, West Virginia.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1875 and closed in 1882.
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 Curtis ...
We found 39 communities that share the name Curtis.
Within West Virginia, the name Curtis is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 39 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 39 communities, 38 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Coffee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Curtis [Coffee County].
- Arizona
- Yavapai County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Curtis [Yavapai County].
- Arkansas
- California
- Siskiyou County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Curtis [Siskiyou County].
- Yolo 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 California community of Curtis [Yolo County].
- Colorado
- El Paso 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 Colorado community of Curtis [El Paso County].
- Pueblo 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 Colorado community of Curtis [Pueblo County].
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Curtis [Washington County].
- Florida
- Gilchrist County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Curtis [Gilchrist County].
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Menard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Curtis [Menard County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Johnson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Curtis [Johnson County].
- Kentucky
- Metcalfe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Curtis [Metcalfe County].
- Louisiana
- Bossier Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Curtis [Bossier Parish].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Curtis.
- Michigan
- Emmet 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 Michigan community of Curtis [Emmet County].
- Mackinac County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Curtis [Mackinac County].
- Midland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Curtis [Midland County].
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Montana
- Carter County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Curtis [Carter County].
- Nebraska
- Frontier County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Curtis [Frontier County].
- Nevada
- Lander County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Curtis [Lander County].
- New York
- Oklahoma
- Woodward County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Curtis [Woodward County].
- Oregon
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Curtis [Marion County].
- Texas
- Dallas 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 Curtis [Dallas County].
- Eastland 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 Texas community of Curtis [Eastland County].
- Jasper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Curtis [Jasper County].
- Utah
- Virginia
- Bedford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Curtis [Bedford County].
- Chesterfield 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 Virginia community of Curtis [Chesterfield County].
- Washington
- Lewis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Curtis [Lewis County].
- Wyoming
- Platte County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Curtis [Platte County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Curtis ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Curtis:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
The FIPS database contains an entry for Curtis.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 54/90732 (Place Name: Curtis (Magisterial District))
County: Roane (FIPS State/County: 54/087)
Class: X4
More Orphans in Roane 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 Roane County.
| Cyrus | Oakville |
| Dexter | Pasco |
| Drexel | Pratt |
| Ernest | Rush Creek |
| Hammack | Shambling's Mills |
| Spring Garden | |
| Kyger | Sylvia |
| Left Hand | Tariff |
| Tyson Store | |
| Milo | |
| Wanego |
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 Curtis 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |