Do you know of Echo ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Echo. 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 Echo.
Our sources for Echo (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 Echo other than they indicate that Echo would be found somewhere in Douglas County, Kansas.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1874 and closed in 1900.
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 Echo ...
We found 34 communities that share the name Echo.
Within Kansas, the name Echo is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 34 communities, 33 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Dale County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Echo [Dale County].
- Arkansas
- California
- El Dorado 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 California community of Echo [El Dorado County].
- Inyo County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Echo [Inyo County].
- Mendocino 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 California community of Echo [Mendocino County].
- San Bernardino County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Echo [San Bernardino County].
- Colorado
- Fremont County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Echo [Fremont County].
- Iowa
- Harrison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Echo [Harrison County].
- Kentucky
- Metcalfe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Echo [Metcalfe County].
- Louisiana
- Acadia Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Echo [Acadia Parish].
- Rapides Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Echo [Rapides Parish].
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Yellow Medicine County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Echo [Yellow Medicine County].
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Chariton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Echo [Chariton County].
- Nevada
- Elko County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Echo [Elko County].
- New York
- North Carolina
- Robeson County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Echo [Robeson County].
- Ohio
- Belmont County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Echo [Belmont County].
- Hamilton 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 Ohio community of Echo [Hamilton County].
- Meigs 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 Ohio community of Echo [Meigs County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Echo.
- Oregon
- Umatilla County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Echo [Umatilla County].
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Bell 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 Texas community of Echo [Bell County].
- Coleman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Echo [Coleman County].
- Orange County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Echo [Orange County].
- Utah
- Summit County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Echo [Summit County].
- Washington
- Stevens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Echo [Stevens County].
- West Virginia
- Fayette 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 Echo [Fayette County].
- Wayne County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Echo [Wayne County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Echo ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Echo:
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 Echo - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Douglas 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 Douglas County.
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 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 Echo 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/ |