Do you know of Brunswick ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Brunswick. 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 Brunswick.
Our sources for Brunswick (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 Brunswick other than they indicate that Brunswick would be found somewhere in Shelby County, Illinois.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1885 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 Brunswick ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Brunswick.
Within Illinois, the name Brunswick is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 21 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Brunswick.
- Connecticut
- Windham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Brunswick [Windham County].
- Georgia
- Glynn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Brunswick [Glynn County].
- Indiana
- Maine
- Cumberland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Brunswick [Cumberland County].
- Maryland
- Frederick County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Brunswick [Frederick County].
- Michigan
- Muskegon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Brunswick [Muskegon County].
- Minnesota
- Kanabec County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Brunswick [Kanabec County].
- Mississippi
- Warren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Brunswick [Warren County].
- Missouri
- Chariton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Brunswick [Chariton County].
- Nebraska
- Antelope County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Brunswick [Antelope County].
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- New York
- Rensselaer County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Brunswick [Rensselaer County].
- North Carolina
- Columbus County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Brunswick [Columbus County].
- Randolph 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 Brunswick [Randolph County].
- Ohio
- Medina County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Brunswick [Medina County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Brunswick.
- Tennessee
- Shelby County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Brunswick [Shelby County].
- Texas
- Cherokee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Brunswick [Cherokee County].
- Virginia
- Brunswick County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Brunswick [Brunswick County].
- British Columbia
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Brunswick ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Brunswick:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Brunswick - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
The FIPS database contains an entry for Brunswick.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 17/09096 (Place Name: Brunswick)
County: Shelby (FIPS State/County: 17/173)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Brunswick) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Shelby 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 Shelby County.
| Big Spring | Prairie Bird |
| Prairie Home | |
| Hark | |
| Hooker | Quigley |
| Moulton | Robinson Creek |
| Oconee Station | Shinkle |
| Skates | |
| Pleak's Corner |
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 Brunswick 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |