Do you know of Gravel Pit ???

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

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

We found eight communities that share the name Gravel Pit.

There are two communities within Indiana that are also named Gravel Pit.

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

Communities Located In Indiana ...
- Knox 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 Indiana community of Gravel Pit [Knox County].
- Madison 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 Indiana community of Gravel Pit [Madison County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Escambia 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 Alabama community of Gravel Pit [Escambia County].
- Arkansas
  - Ouachita 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 Arkansas community of Gravel Pit [Ouachita County].
- Illinois
  - Alexander 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 Illinois community of Gravel Pit [Alexander County].
- Iowa
  - Greene County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Gravel Pit [Greene County].
- Nevada
  - Mineral County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Gravel Pit [Mineral County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Bedford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Gravel Pit [Bedford County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gravel Pit ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in Vigo 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 Vigo County.

Amber Valley	Maryland
	Marywood
Bakers Siding	Maurius
Bartley	Meadows
Belt Junction	Meltonville
Bradshaw	Middletown
Broadlands	Mount Pleasant

Champion	Nelson
Chinook	New Market
Collett Park	Northwood
Colonial Park
Cookerly	Oak Grove
County Line	Otter Creek
Cummings
	Paint Mill Lake
Deerfield	Paynes
Dresser	Poplar Hill
	Prairie Village
Edgewood Grove
Edwards	Robinwood
Ellsworth	Rose Hill Gardens
	Ross
French Lake
Fruit Hill	Saint Mary's
	Shawville
Gilbert	Sheridan Park
Glenayr	Soonover
Glendale	South Lake
Glenn	Spring Hill Junction
Grant	Springwood
Grouseland	Stratford Hills
Grover	Sycamore Knolls
	Sycamore Park
Heckland
Holly Hills	Tera North
	Terra Vista
Idaho
	Vedder
Kenwood
Kingswood Terra	Wanda Lake
	Watkins
Lake Noji	Wauhoo
Lakewood	Wey Lake
Limberlost Hills	Windemere Lake
Lincolnshire	Wonder Lake
	Woodgate East
Macksville	Woodridge
Malcolm
Maplewood	Young
Marquette Farm	Youngstown Meadows

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 Gravel Pit 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.