Do you know of Helena ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Helena. 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 Helena.
Our sources for Helena (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 Helena other than they indicate that Helena would be found somewhere in San Diego County, California.
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 Helena ...
We found 35 communities that share the name Helena.
There is one other community in California which is also named Helena.
Beyond California, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In California ...
- Trinity County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Helena [Trinity County].
- Trinity County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Shelby County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Helena [Shelby County].
- Arizona
- Maricopa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Helena [Maricopa County].
- Arkansas
- Phillips County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Helena [Phillips County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Telfair County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Helena [Telfair County].
- Idaho
- Adams County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Helena [Adams 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 Idaho community of Helena [Washington County].
- Illinois
- Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Helena [Lawrence County].
- Iowa
- Tama County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Helena [Tama County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Mason County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Helena [Mason County].
- Louisiana
- Tensas Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Helena [Tensas Parish].
- Michigan
- Antrim 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 Helena [Antrim County].
- Huron County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Helena [Huron County].
- Marquette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Helena [Marquette County].
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Helena [Jackson County].
- Missouri
- Montana
- Lewis and Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Helena [Lewis and Clark County].
- Nebraska
- Johnson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Helena [Johnson County].
- Nevada
- New York
- Saint Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Helena [Saint Lawrence County].
- North Carolina
- Durham 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 North Carolina community of Helena [Durham County].
- Person 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 North Carolina community of Helena [Person County].
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Alfalfa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Helena [Alfalfa County].
- South Carolina
- Newberry County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Helena [Newberry County].
- Tennessee
- Fentress County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Helena [Fentress County].
- Texas
- Karnes County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Helena [Karnes County].
- Wisconsin
- Iowa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Helena [Iowa County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Helena ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Helena:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Helena - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in San Diego 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 San Diego 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 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 Helena 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. |