Do you know of Phelan ???

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

Our sources for Phelan (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 Phelan other than they indicate that Phelan would be found somewhere in Tipton County, Tennessee.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1887 and closed  in 1906.

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 Phelan ...

We found five communities that share the name Phelan.

Within Tennessee, the name Phelan is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Cullman County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Phelan [Cullman County].
  • Arkansas
    • Ashley County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Phelan [Ashley County].
  • British Columbia
    • Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Phelan.
  • California
    • San Bernardino County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Phelan [San Bernardino County].
  • Texas
    • Bastrop County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Phelan [Bastrop County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Phelan ...

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

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 Phelan - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Phelan.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 47/57860   (Place Name: Phelan)

County: Tipton     (FIPS State/County: 47/167)

Class: X3

More Orphans in  Tipton 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 Tipton County.