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Do you know of Cambridge ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1840 and closed  in 1904.

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 Cambridge ...

We found 42 communities that share the name Cambridge.

Within Michigan, the name Cambridge is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another 42 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 42 communities, 39 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Randolph County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Cambridge [Randolph County].
    • Georgia
      • Columbia County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cambridge [Columbia County].
    • Idaho
      • Bannock County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Cambridge [Bannock County].
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Cambridge [Washington County].
    • Illinois
      • Henry County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Cambridge [Henry County].
      • Lake 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 Illinois community of Cambridge [Lake County].
    • Iowa
      • Henry 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 Cambridge [Henry County].
      • Story County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Cambridge [Story County].
    • Kansas
      • Cowley County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Cambridge [Cowley 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 Kansas community of Cambridge [Johnson County].
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Cambridge [Jefferson County].
    • Maine
      • Somerset County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Cambridge [Somerset County].
    • Maryland
      • Dorchester County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Cambridge [Dorchester County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Middlesex County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Cambridge [Middlesex County].
      • Worcester County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Cambridge [Worcester County].
    • Minnesota
      • Isanti County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Cambridge [Isanti County].
    • Mississippi
      • Lafayette 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 Mississippi community of Cambridge [Lafayette County].
    • Missouri
      • Saline County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Cambridge [Saline County].
    • Nebraska
      • Furnas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Cambridge [Furnas County].
    • Nevada
      • Lyon County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Cambridge [Lyon County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Coos 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 Hampshire community of Cambridge [Coos County].
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Cambridge [Burlington County].
    • New York
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Cambridge [Washington County].
    • North Carolina
      • Cumberland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Cambridge [Cumberland County].
      • Pitt County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Cambridge [Pitt County].
      • Rockingham County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Cambridge [Rockingham County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Cambridge.
    • Ohio
      • Guernsey County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Cambridge [Guernsey County].
      • Jackson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Cambridge [Jackson County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Kiowa County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Cambridge [Kiowa County].
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Cambridge.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Chester County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cambridge [Chester County].
      • Crawford 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 Pennsylvania community of Cambridge [Crawford County].
    • Prince Edward Island
      • Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Cambridge.
    • South Carolina
      • Greenwood County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Cambridge [Greenwood County].
      • Spartanburg County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Cambridge [Spartanburg County].
    • Tennessee
      • Warren County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Cambridge [Warren County].
    • Texas
      • Clay County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cambridge [Clay County].
      • Grayson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cambridge [Grayson County].
    • Vermont
      • Lamoille County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Cambridge [Lamoille County].
    • Virginia
      • Chesterfield County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Cambridge [Chesterfield County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Dane County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Cambridge [Dane County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cambridge ...

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Lenawee 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 Lenawee County.

BalchNorth Fayette
Baldwins Crossing 
BatemanOak Beach
BimoOntario
Blissfield JunctionOsborn
Bonney 
 Packard
Chase'sPage
ClayPalmyra Junction
CorbusPentacost
CowhamPrairie Siding
  
DominicanQuaker
Dover 
 Raisin Centre Station
East OgdenRaisin
EnnisRome
Evans LakeRound Lake
 Russell Siding
Fairfields 
FairportSaint Josephs
Fruit RidgeSand Lake Corners
 Sand Lake
GormanSisson
GrosvenorSouth Adrian
 Stan
HarrisonStevens
 Sutton
Kelleys Pit 
KnightsTecumseh Junction
  
Lake RestVictorsville
Lake Ridge 
LeafWalworth
LenaweeWapano
Lima JunctionWest Ogden
 Windom
MadisonWood
MarvinWoodstock
MusonWoodward
  

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 Cambridge 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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