Do you know of Belknap ???

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

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

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 Belknap ...

We found fifteen communities that share the name Belknap.

There is one other community in Indiana which is also named Belknap.

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

Communities Located In Indiana ...
- Vanderburgh County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Belknap [Vanderburgh County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Dallas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Belknap [Dallas County].
- Arkansas
  - Cross County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Belknap [Cross County].
- Georgia
  - Bryan 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 Belknap [Bryan County].
- Illinois
  - Johnson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Belknap [Johnson County].
- Iowa
  - Davis County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Belknap [Davis County].
- Kansas
  - Chautauqua 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 Belknap [Chautauqua County].
- Kentucky
  - Wolfe County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Belknap [Wolfe County].
- Michigan
  - Allegan 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 Belknap [Allegan County].
  - Presque Isle County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Belknap [Presque Isle County].
- Montana
  - Sanders County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Belknap [Sanders County].
- Ohio
  - Harrison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Belknap [Harrison County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Armstrong County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Belknap [Armstrong County].
- Texas
  - Young County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Belknap [Young County].
- Utah
  - Sevier County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Belknap [Sevier County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Belknap ...

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

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

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

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Belknap.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 18/04366 (Place Name: Belknap)

County: Clark (FIPS State/County: 18/019)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Belknap) 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 Clark 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 Clark County.

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 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 Belknap 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.