Do you know of Reform ???

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

Our sources for Reform (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Reform other than they indicate that Reform would be found somewhere in Jefferson County, Illinois.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1886 and closed  in 1893.

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 Reform ...

We found five communities that share the name Reform.

Within Illinois, the name Reform is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Pickens County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Reform [Pickens County].
  • Arkansas
    • Saline County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Reform [Saline County].
  • Mississippi
    • Choctaw County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Reform [Choctaw County].
  • Missouri
    • Callaway County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Reform [Callaway County].
  • Ohio
    • Licking County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Reform [Licking County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Reform ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Reform - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Jefferson 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 Jefferson County.