Do you know of Deep River ???

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

Our sources for Deep River (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 Deep River other than they indicate that Deep River would be found somewhere in Arenac County, Michigan.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1883 and closed  in 1900.

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 Deep River ...

We found six communities that share the name Deep River.

Within Michigan, the name Deep River is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Connecticut
    • Middlesex County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Deep River [Middlesex County].
  • Indiana
    • Lake County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Deep River [Lake County].
  • Iowa
    • Poweshiek County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Deep River [Poweshiek County].
  • North Carolina
    • Guilford County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Deep River [Guilford County].
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Deep River.
  • Washington
    • Wahkiakum County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Deep River [Wahkiakum County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Deep River ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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 Deep River - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

More Orphans in  Arenac 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 Arenac County.