Do you know of Ogden ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Ogden. 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 Ogden.
Our sources for Ogden (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 Ogden other than they indicate that Ogden would be found somewhere in Ballard County, Kentucky.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1888 and closed in 1908.
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 Ogden ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Ogden.
Within Kentucky, the name Ogden is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 25 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Little River County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Ogden [Little River County].
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Ogden.
- Florida
- Illinois
- Champaign County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Ogden [Champaign County].
- Indiana
- Henry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Ogden [Henry County].
- Iowa
- Boone County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Ogden [Boone County].
- Kansas
- Riley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Ogden [Riley County].
- Michigan
- Arenac 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 Ogden [Arenac County].
- Lenawee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Ogden [Lenawee County].
- Missouri
- New Madrid County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Ogden [New Madrid County].
- New Jersey
- Gloucester County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Ogden [Gloucester County].
- Sussex 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 New Jersey community of Ogden [Sussex County].
- New York
- Bronx 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 New York community of Ogden [Bronx County].
- Monroe 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 New York community of Ogden [Monroe County].
- North Carolina
- Clay 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 North Carolina community of Ogden [Clay County].
- New Hanover County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Ogden [New Hanover County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Ogden.
- Ohio
- Clinton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Ogden [Clinton County].
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Ogden [Delaware County].
- Quebec
- Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Ogden.
- South Carolina
- York County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Ogden [York County].
- Tennessee
- Rhea County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Ogden [Rhea County].
- Texas
- Utah
- Weber County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Ogden [Weber County].
- West Virginia
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Ogden ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Ogden:
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 Ogden - Services available: had a Post Office, Express Office, no Railroad mentioned
George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.
More Orphans in Ballard 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 Ballard County.
| East Cairo | Hazlewood |
| Fillmore | Melvin |
| Fort Jefferson | |
| Westvaco | |
| Hazelwood |
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 Ogden 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/ |