Do you know of Gray's Flat ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Gray's Flat. 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 Gray's Flat.
Our sources for Gray's Flat (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Gray's Flat other than they indicate that Gray's Flat would be found somewhere in Marion County, West Virginia.
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 Gray's Flat ...
We found one communities that share the name Gray's Flat.
Within West Virginia, the name Gray's Flat is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Gray's Flat in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Plumas County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Gray's Flat [Plumas County].
- California
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gray's Flat ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Gray's Flat:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Gray's Flat - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Marion 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 Marion County.