Do you know of Greenbriar ???

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

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Greenbriar, so we are uncertain whether Greenbriar is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Greenbriar would be found somewhere in Will County, Illinois.

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 Greenbriar ...

We found 38 communities that share the name Greenbriar.

There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Greenbriar.

Beyond Illinois, we know of another 37 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Located In Illinois ...
- McLean County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Greenbriar [McLean County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Greenbriar [Madison County].
  - Tallapoosa County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Greenbriar [Tallapoosa County].
  - Tuscaloosa County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Greenbriar [Tuscaloosa County].
- Arizona
  - Maricopa County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Greenbriar [Maricopa County].
- Florida
  - Hillsborough County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Greenbriar [Hillsborough County].
  - Seminole County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Greenbriar [Seminole County].
- Georgia
  - Bartow County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Greenbriar [Bartow County].
  - Bibb County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Greenbriar [Bibb County].
  - Bulloch County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Greenbriar [Bulloch County].
  - Fulton 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 Georgia community of Greenbriar [Fulton County].
- Indiana
  - Marion County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Greenbriar [Marion County].
  - Putnam 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 Indiana community of Greenbriar [Putnam County].
- Kentucky
  - Daviess 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 Greenbriar [Daviess County].
  - Estill County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Greenbriar [Estill County].
  - Marion County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Greenbriar [Marion County].
- Maryland
  - Anne Arundel County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Greenbriar [Anne Arundel County].
- Mississippi
  - Oktibbeha County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Greenbriar [Oktibbeha County].
  - Warren County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Greenbriar [Warren County].
- New Jersey
  - Ocean County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Greenbriar [Ocean County].
- North Carolina
  - Mecklenburg County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Greenbriar [Mecklenburg County].
  - New Hanover County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Greenbriar [New Hanover County].
  - Onslow County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Greenbriar [Onslow County].
  - Orange County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Greenbriar [Orange County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Berks County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Greenbriar [Berks County].
  - Dauphin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Greenbriar [Dauphin County].
  - York County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Greenbriar [York County].
- South Carolina
  - Anderson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Greenbriar [Anderson County].
  - Florence County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Greenbriar [Florence County].
  - Horry County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Greenbriar [Horry County].
  - Lancaster County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Greenbriar [Lancaster County].
  - Oconee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Greenbriar [Oconee County].
  - Orangeburg County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Greenbriar [Orangeburg County].
- Tennessee
  - Rutherford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Greenbriar [Rutherford County].
- Texas
  - Galveston County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Greenbriar [Galveston County].
- Virginia
  - Chesterfield County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Greenbriar [Chesterfield County].
  - Fairfax County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Greenbriar [Fairfax County].
  - Portsmouth City
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Greenbriar [Portsmouth City].

More Orphans in Will 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 Will County.

Footnotes ...

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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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Greenbriar 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.