Do you know of Wilcox ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Wilcox. 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 Wilcox.
We found mention of Wilcox as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Clay 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 1892 and closed in 1904.
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 Wilcox ...
We found 25 communities that share the name Wilcox.
Within Illinois, the name Wilcox is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 25 communities, 23 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Conecuh County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Wilcox [Conecuh County].
- Arkansas
- Bradley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Wilcox [Bradley County].
- California
- Florida
- Gilchrist County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Wilcox [Gilchrist County].
- Orange 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 Florida community of Wilcox [Orange County].
- Georgia
- Louisiana
- West Feliciana Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Wilcox [West Feliciana Parish].
- Michigan
- Alger 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 Wilcox [Alger County].
- Newaygo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wilcox [Newaygo County].
- Missouri
- Nodaway County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Wilcox [Nodaway County].
- Nebraska
- Kearney County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Wilcox [Kearney County].
- Phelps 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 Nebraska community of Wilcox [Phelps County].
- New York
- Orange County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Wilcox [Orange County].
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Sherman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Wilcox [Sherman County].
- Pennsylvania
- Elk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Wilcox [Elk County].
- Saskatchewan
- Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Wilcox.
- Tennessee
- Crockett County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Wilcox [Crockett County].
- Texas
- Washington
- Whitman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Wilcox [Whitman County].
- Wisconsin
- Clark 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 Wisconsin community of Wilcox [Clark County].
- Marinette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Wilcox [Marinette County].
- Oconto County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Wilcox [Oconto County].
- Wyoming
- Albany County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Wilcox [Albany County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Wilcox ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Wilcox:
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 Wilcox.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 17/81594 (Place Name: Wilcox)
County: Clay (FIPS State/County: 17/025)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Wilcox) 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 Clay 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 Clay County.
| Gatewood | |
| Russell | |
| Hoosier Prairie | |
| Trago Lake | |
| Louis |
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 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 Wilcox 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/ |