Do you know of Hollywood ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hollywood. 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 Hollywood.
We found mention of Hollywood as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Cook County, Illinois.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1895 and closed in 1949.
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 Hollywood ...
We found 52 communities that share the name Hollywood.
Within Illinois, the name Hollywood is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 52 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Graham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Hollywood [Graham County].
- Arkansas
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Hollywood [Clark County].
- California
- Los Angeles County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Hollywood [Los Angeles County].
- Colorado
- Teller County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Hollywood [Teller County].
- Florida
- Broward County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Hollywood [Broward County].
- Georgia
- Dougherty County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Hollywood [Dougherty County].
- Habersham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Hollywood [Habersham County].
- Richmond 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 Hollywood [Richmond County].
- Idaho
- Clearwater County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Hollywood [Clearwater County].
- Kentucky
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Hollywood [Fayette County].
- Louisiana
- Caddo Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Hollywood [Caddo Parish].
- Calcasieu Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Hollywood [Calcasieu Parish].
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Hollywood [East Baton Rouge Parish].
- Terrebonne Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Hollywood [Terrebonne Parish].
- West Feliciana Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Hollywood [West Feliciana Parish].
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Hollywood [Anne Arundel County].
- Prince George's County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Hollywood [Prince George's County].
- Saint Mary's County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Hollywood [Saint Mary's County].
- Wicomico County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Hollywood [Wicomico County].
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Berrien County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Hollywood [Berrien County].
- Minnesota
- Carver County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Hollywood [Carver County].
- Mississippi
- Tunica County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Hollywood [Tunica County].
- Missouri
- Dunklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Hollywood [Dunklin County].
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Hollywood [Lincoln County].
- New York
- Saint Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Hollywood [Saint Lawrence County].
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Marion 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 Oregon community of Hollywood [Marion County].
- Multnomah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Hollywood [Multnomah County].
- Pennsylvania
- Clearfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Hollywood [Clearfield County].
- Luzerne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Hollywood [Luzerne County].
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Hollywood [Montgomery County].
- York 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 Pennsylvania community of Hollywood [York County].
- South Carolina
- Charleston County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Hollywood [Charleston County].
- Horry County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Hollywood [Horry County].
- Richland County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Hollywood [Richland County].
- Saluda 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 South Carolina community of Hollywood [Saluda County].
- Tennessee
- Hamilton 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 Tennessee community of Hollywood [Hamilton County].
- Maury County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Hollywood [Maury County].
- Shelby County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Hollywood [Shelby County].
- Texas
- Virginia
- Appomattox County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Hollywood [Appomattox County].
- Pittsylvania County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Hollywood [Pittsylvania County].
- Suffolk City
- 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 Virginia community of Hollywood [Suffolk City].
- Virginia Beach City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Hollywood [Virginia Beach City].
- Washington
- King County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Hollywood [King County].
- West Virginia
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Hollywood [Monroe County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hollywood ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hollywood:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
The FIPS database contains an entry for Hollywood.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 17/35697 (Place Name: Hollywood)
County: Cook (FIPS State/County: 17/031)
Class: U4
Identifies a populated place (ie- Hollywood) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.
More Orphans in Cook 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 Cook 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 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 Hollywood 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/ |