Do you know of Poe ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Poe. 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 Poe.
We found mention of Poe as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Monroe 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.
Communities Also Named Poe ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Poe.
Within Illinois, the name Poe is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Poe.
- Arkansas
- California
- Indiana
- Allen County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Poe [Allen County].
- Kansas
- New Mexico
- Ohio
- Medina County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Poe [Medina County].
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Greenville County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Poe [Greenville County].
- Texas
- Nacogdoches County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Poe [Nacogdoches County].
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Nicholas County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Poe [Nicholas County].
- Alberta
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Poe ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Poe:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Poe - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
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)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Poe.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 17/60885 (Place Name: Poe)
County: Monroe (FIPS State/County: 17/133)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Poe) 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 Monroe 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 Monroe County.
| Boxtown | Krause |
| Gilmore Lake | Lou Del |
| Henke Spur | Maeys |
| Merrimac Point | |
| Ivy Landing | |
| New Design | |
| Kise Spur | New Hanover Station |
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 Poe 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. |