Do you know of Jordan ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Jordan. 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 Jordan.
Our sources for Jordan (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 Jordan other than they indicate that Jordan would be found somewhere in Jay County, Indiana.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1857 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 Jordan ...
We found 41 communities that share the name Jordan.
There are two communities within Indiana that are also named Jordan.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another 39 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 39 communities, 39 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Indiana ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Yavapai County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Jordan [Yavapai County].
- Arkansas
- California
- Connecticut
- New London County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Jordan [New London County].
- Georgia
- Wheeler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Jordan [Wheeler County].
- Idaho
- Iowa
- Boone County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Jordan [Boone County].
- Kentucky
- Fulton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Jordan [Fulton County].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Jordan.
- Michigan
- Isabella County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Jordan [Isabella County].
- Mason 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 Jordan [Mason County].
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Hickory County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Jordan [Hickory County].
- Montana
- Garfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Jordan [Garfield County].
- Nebraska
- Garfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Jordan [Garfield County].
- New Mexico
- Quay County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Jordan [Quay County].
- New York
- Onondaga County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Jordan [Onondaga County].
- North Carolina
- Johnston County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Jordan [Johnston County].
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Jordan.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks 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 Jordan [Bucks County].
- Lehigh 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 Pennsylvania community of Jordan [Lehigh County].
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Jordan [Salt Lake County].
- Virginia
- Accomack County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Jordan [Accomack County].
- Washington
- Snohomish County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Jordan [Snohomish County].
- West Virginia
- Kanawha 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 West Virginia community of Jordan [Kanawha County].
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Jordan [Marion County].
- Wisconsin
- Portage County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Jordan [Portage County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Jordan ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Jordan:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Jordan - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Jordan.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 18/38988 (Place Name: Jordan)
County: Jay (FIPS State/County: 18/075)
Class: X3
More Orphans in Jay 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 Jay County.
| Ample | Hector |
| Antville | |
| Mill's Corners | |
| Bear Creek | |
| Bellefountain | Penn |
| Boundary | |
| Boundry | Van |
| Briant | |
| Wall | |
| Dick | Welch |
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 Jordan 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/ |