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Do you know of Pierce ???

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

We found mention of Pierce as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Polk County, Tennessee.

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.

Communities Also Named Pierce ...

We found 26 communities that share the name Pierce.

There is one other community in Tennessee which is also named Pierce.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Tennessee ...
    • Carter County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Pierce [Carter County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Jefferson 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 Alabama community of Pierce [Jefferson County].
      • Mobile 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 Alabama community of Pierce [Mobile County].
    • California
      • Siskiyou County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Pierce [Siskiyou County].
      • Solano County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Pierce [Solano County].
    • Colorado
      • Weld County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Pierce [Weld County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Pierce [Hillsborough County].
      • Polk County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Pierce [Polk County].
    • Idaho
      • Clearwater County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Pierce [Clearwater County].
    • Kansas
      • Anderson 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 Kansas community of Pierce [Anderson County].
    • Kentucky
      • Breckinridge 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 Kentucky community of Pierce [Breckinridge County].
      • Green County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Pierce [Green County].
    • Nebraska
      • Pierce County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Pierce [Pierce County].
    • Nevada
      • Clark County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Pierce [Clark County].
    • New Mexico
      • Hidalgo County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Pierce [Hidalgo County].
    • North Dakota
      • Burleigh County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Pierce [Burleigh County].
      • Slope County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Pierce [Slope County].
    • Ohio
      • Muskingum County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Pierce [Muskingum County].
      • Stark 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 Ohio community of Pierce [Stark County].
    • Oklahoma
      • McIntosh County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Pierce [McIntosh County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Pierce [Allegheny County].
      • Armstrong 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 Pierce [Armstrong County].
    • South Dakota
      • Hughes 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 South Dakota community of Pierce [Hughes County].
    • Texas
      • Wharton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Pierce [Wharton County].
    • Washington
      • Benton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Pierce [Benton County].
    • West Virginia
      • Tucker County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Pierce [Tucker County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Pierce ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Polk 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 Polk County.

Chestuee MillsNewton
  
Greasy CreekOwen
  
HeliotropePleasant Hill
Hiawassee 
HiwasseeSagetown
 Sand Hill
LivingstonSmith Creek
  
McCay'sTennga
McKayThompsons
  

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Pierce 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.









 

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