Do you know of Berlin ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Berlin. 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 Berlin.
Our sources for Berlin (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 Berlin other than they indicate that Berlin would be found somewhere in Ottawa County, Michigan.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1852 and closed in 1919.
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 Berlin ...
We found 49 communities that share the name Berlin.
There is one other community in Michigan which is also named Berlin.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 48 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 48 communities, 48 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Ashley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Berlin [Ashley County].
- Johnson 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 Arkansas community of Berlin [Johnson County].
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Hartford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Berlin [Hartford County].
- Georgia
- Colquitt County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Berlin [Colquitt County].
- Illinois
- Sangamon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Berlin [Sangamon County].
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Bourbon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Berlin [Bourbon County].
- 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 Kansas community of Berlin [Clay County].
- Riley 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 Berlin [Riley County].
- Sedgwick 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 Berlin [Sedgwick County].
- Wabaunsee 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 Berlin [Wabaunsee County].
- Kentucky
- Bracken County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Berlin [Bracken County].
- Maine
- Maryland
- Worcester County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Berlin [Worcester County].
- Massachusetts
- Worcester County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Berlin [Worcester County].
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Otoe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Berlin [Otoe County].
- Nevada
- Nye County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Berlin [Nye County].
- New Hampshire
- Coos County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Berlin [Coos County].
- New Jersey
- New York
- Rensselaer County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Berlin [Rensselaer County].
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- LaMoure County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Berlin [LaMoure County].
- Ohio
- Coshocton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Berlin [Coshocton County].
- Delaware County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Berlin [Delaware County].
- Holmes County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Berlin [Holmes County].
- Jackson 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 Berlin [Jackson County].
- Williams County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Berlin [Williams County].
- Oklahoma
- Roger Mills County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Berlin [Roger Mills County].
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Linn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Berlin [Linn County].
- Pennsylvania
- Somerset County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Berlin [Somerset County].
- South Carolina
- Aiken County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Berlin [Aiken County].
- Tennessee
- Marshall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Berlin [Marshall County].
- Texas
- Erath 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 Berlin [Erath County].
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Berlin [Washington County].
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Southampton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Berlin [Southampton County].
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Lewis County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Berlin [Lewis County].
- Wisconsin
- Green Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Berlin [Green Lake County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Berlin ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Berlin:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Berlin - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Berlin.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 26/07740 (Place Name: Berlin)
County: Ottawa (FIPS State/County: 26/139)
Class: X3
More Orphans in Ottawa 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 Ottawa 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 Berlin 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/ |