Do you know of Poland ???

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

We found mention of Poland as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Randolph 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 Poland ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Poland.

Within Illinois, the name Poland is unique.

Beyond Illinois, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
  - Yavapai County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Poland [Yavapai County].
- Indiana
  - Clay County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Poland [Clay County].
- Kansas
  - Chase 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 Kansas community of Poland [Chase County].
- Louisiana
  - Rapides Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Poland [Rapides Parish].
- Maine
  - Androscoggin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Poland [Androscoggin County].
- Maryland
  - Allegany 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 Maryland community of Poland [Allegany County].
- Michigan
  - Sanilac 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 Michigan community of Poland [Sanilac County].
- New York
  - Herkimer County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Poland [Herkimer County].
- North Dakota
  - Walsh County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Poland [Walsh County].
- Ohio
  - Mahoning County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Poland [Mahoning County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Poland.
- Pennsylvania
  - Greene 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 Poland [Greene County].
- Wisconsin
  - Brown County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Poland [Brown County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Poland ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Poland:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Poland - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, 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)

More Orphans in Randolph 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 Randolph County.

Brewerville	Pujol

Clores	Robinsons
Cobb	Rosborough

Ellisgrove	Sadowa
	Sand Spur
Flinton	Schulines
Florida
Ford	Union

Lafayette	Wheaton

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Poland 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.