Do you know of Cherry Valley ???

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

We found mention of Cherry Valley as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Schoolcraft County, Michigan.

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.

Communities Also Named Cherry Valley ...

We found twenty communities that share the name Cherry Valley.

Within Michigan, the name Cherry Valley is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, eighteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Arkansas
    • Cross County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Cherry Valley [Cross County].
  • California
    • Riverside County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Cherry Valley [Riverside County].
  • Colorado
    • Douglas 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 Colorado community of Cherry Valley [Douglas County].
  • Illinois
    • Winnebago County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Cherry Valley [Winnebago County].
  • Maryland
    • Baltimore County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Cherry Valley [Baltimore County].
    • Montgomery County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Cherry Valley [Montgomery County].
  • Massachusetts
    • Worcester County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Cherry Valley [Worcester County].
  • Missouri
    • Crawford County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Cherry Valley [Crawford County].
  • New Jersey
    • Camden County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Cherry Valley [Camden County].
  • New Mexico
    • Mora County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Cherry Valley [Mora County].
  • New York
    • Otsego County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Cherry Valley [Otsego County].
  • Ohio
    • Ashtabula County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Cherry Valley [Ashtabula County].
    • Harrison County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Cherry Valley [Harrison County].
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Cherry Valley.
  • Pennsylvania
    • Butler County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cherry Valley [Butler County].
    • Washington County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cherry Valley [Washington County].
  • Prince Edward Island
    • Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Cherry Valley.
  • Rhode Island
    • Providence County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Cherry Valley [Providence County].
  • Tennessee
    • Wilson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Cherry Valley [Wilson County].
  • Washington
    • King 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 Washington community of Cherry Valley [King County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cherry Valley ...

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

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 Cherry Valley - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Cherry Valley.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 26/15120   (Place Name: Cherry Valley)

County: Schoolcraft     (FIPS State/County: 26/153)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Cherry Valley) 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  Schoolcraft County ...

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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 Schoolcraft County.