Do you know of Vincent ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Vincent. 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 Vincent.
Our sources for Vincent (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 Vincent other than they indicate that Vincent would be found somewhere in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1887 and closed in 1915.
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 Vincent ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Vincent.
Within Louisiana, the name Vincent is unique.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 22 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Shelby County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Vincent [Shelby County].
- Arkansas
- Crittenden County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Vincent [Crittenden County].
- California
- Georgia
- Laurens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Vincent [Laurens County].
- Iowa
- Washington 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 Iowa community of Vincent [Washington County].
- Webster County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Vincent [Webster County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Owsley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Vincent [Owsley County].
- Michigan
- Newaygo 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 Vincent [Newaygo County].
- Presque Isle 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 Michigan community of Vincent [Presque Isle County].
- Saint Clair County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Vincent [Saint Clair County].
- Montana
- Gallatin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Vincent [Gallatin County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Vincent.
- New York
- Ontario County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Vincent [Ontario County].
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Howard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Vincent [Howard County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Vincent ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Vincent:
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 Vincent - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Louisiana (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Vincent.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 22/78750 (Place Name: Vincent)
County: Calcasieu (FIPS State/County: 22/019)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Vincent) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Calcasieu Parish ...
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 Calcasieu Parish.
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 Vincent 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 parish. 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/ |