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Do you know of Banner ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Banner. 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 Banner.

Our sources for Banner (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 Banner other than they indicate that Banner would be found somewhere in Sanilac County, Michigan.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1891 and closed  in 1905.

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 Banner ...

We found 24 communities that share the name Banner.

Within Michigan, the name Banner is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 23 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Etowah County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Banner [Etowah County].
    • Arkansas
      • Cleburne County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Banner [Cleburne County].
      • Van Buren County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Banner [Van Buren County].
    • California
      • Kings County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Banner [Kings County].
      • San Diego County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Banner [San Diego County].
    • Georgia
      • Liberty 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 Georgia community of Banner [Liberty County].
    • Idaho
      • Boise County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Banner [Boise County].
    • Illinois
      • Fulton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Banner [Fulton County].
    • Kansas
      • Dickinson 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 Kansas community of Banner [Dickinson County].
      • Harper 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 Kansas community of Banner [Harper County].
      • Jackson 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 Kansas community of Banner [Jackson County].
      • Trego 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 Kansas community of Banner [Trego County].
    • Kentucky
      • Floyd County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Banner [Floyd County].
    • Mississippi
      • Calhoun County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Banner [Calhoun County].
    • Missouri
      • Iron County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Banner [Iron County].
    • Nebraska
      • Banner 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 Nebraska community of Banner [Banner County].
    • Ohio
      • Jackson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Banner [Jackson County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Canadian County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Banner [Canadian County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Banner.
    • Tennessee
      • Sevier 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 Tennessee community of Banner [Sevier County].
    • Virginia
      • Wise County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Banner [Wise County].
    • Washington
      • Kitsap County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Banner [Kitsap County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Fond du Lac County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Banner [Fond du Lac County].
    • Wyoming
      • Sheridan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Banner [Sheridan County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Banner ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Banner:

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 Banner - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Sanilac 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 Sanilac County.

AitkenLaurel
AndersonLawndale
 Leitch
BraidwoodLewis Siding
Bridgehampton 
BrocktonMarion
BrothertonMarlette Station
BuelMills
BurdenMinden
 Murray
Cedardale 
ChevingtonNoko
Cooks 
 Odlam
DavisvilleOmard
Deisinger SidingOray
Downing 
DowningtonPacks Mill
 Packs Siding
East FremontPalm Station
ErbPoland
  
FalconReagan
FarmersRedstar
Forrester 
 Scranton
GermaniaStillson
Greenleaf 
 Urban
Hazelwood 
HolbrookWalkers
 Wilson
Kerwood 
 Yorks
Lamotte 

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Banner 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/









 

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