Do you know of Bayfield ???

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

Our sources for Bayfield (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 Bayfield other than they indicate that Bayfield would be found somewhere in Muscatine County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1893 and closed  in 1903.

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 Bayfield ...

We found eight communities that share the name Bayfield.

Within Iowa, the name Bayfield is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Colorado
    • La Plata County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Bayfield [La Plata County].
  • Indiana
    • Kosciusko County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bayfield [Kosciusko County].
  • Missouri
    • DeKalb County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bayfield [DeKalb County].
  • New Brunswick
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Bayfield.
  • Nova Scotia
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Bayfield.
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Bayfield.
  • Prince Edward Island
    • Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Bayfield.
  • Wisconsin
    • Bayfield County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Bayfield [Bayfield County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bayfield ...

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

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 Bayfield - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

More Orphans in  Muscatine 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 Muscatine County.