Do you know of Ryan (aka 'Ryansville') ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Ryan. 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 Ryan.
Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Ryan, so we are uncertain whether Ryan is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Ryan would be found somewhere in Ford County, Kansas.
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 Ryan ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Ryan.
There are two communities within Kansas that are also named Ryan.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, 21 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Doniphan County
- Rush County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Shelby County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Ryan [Shelby County].
- Arizona
- Coconino County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Ryan [Coconino County].
- Arkansas
- Lonoke County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Ryan [Lonoke County].
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Ryan.
- California
- Inyo County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Ryan [Inyo County].
- Illinois
- Vermilion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Ryan [Vermilion County].
- Iowa
- Delaware County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Ryan [Delaware County].
- Kentucky
- Fleming County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Ryan [Fleming County].
- Michigan
- Midland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Ryan [Midland County].
- Minnesota
- Goodhue County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Ryan [Goodhue County].
- Nevada
- Mineral County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Ryan [Mineral County].
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Lucas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Ryan [Lucas County].
- Oklahoma
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Ryan [Jefferson County].
- Ontario
- Texas
- Virginia
- Loudoun County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Ryan [Loudoun County].
- Washington
- Stevens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Ryan [Stevens County].
- West Virginia
- Roane County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Ryan [Roane County].
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
More Orphans in Ford 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 Ford 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 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 Ryan 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. |