Do you know of Grouse ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Grouse. 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 Grouse.
Our sources for Grouse (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 Grouse other than they indicate that Grouse would be found somewhere in Kane 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 Grouse ...
We found three communities that share the name Grouse.
Within Illinois, the name Grouse is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
- Custer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Grouse [Custer County].
- Oregon
- Wallowa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Grouse [Wallowa County].
- Washington
- Asotin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Grouse [Asotin County].
- Idaho
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Grouse ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Grouse:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Grouse - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)
More Orphans in Kane 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 Kane County.