Do you know of Exeter ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Exeter. 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 Exeter.
Our sources for Exeter (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 Exeter other than they indicate that Exeter would be found somewhere in Monroe County, Michigan.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1840 and closed in 1903.
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 Exeter ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Exeter.
Within Michigan, the name Exeter is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, twenty are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Exeter.
- California
- Tulare County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Exeter [Tulare County].
- Connecticut
- New London County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Exeter [New London County].
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Scott County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Exeter [Scott County].
- Kansas
- Maine
- Penobscot County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Exeter [Penobscot County].
- Missouri
- Barry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Exeter [Barry County].
- Montana
- Dawson 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 Montana community of Exeter [Dawson County].
- Phillips County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Exeter [Phillips County].
- Nebraska
- Fillmore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Exeter [Fillmore County].
- New Hampshire
- Rockingham County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Exeter [Rockingham County].
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- Bertie 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 North Carolina community of Exeter [Bertie County].
- Pender County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Exeter [Pender County].
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Exeter.
- Pennsylvania
- Luzerne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Exeter [Luzerne County].
- Rhode Island
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Exeter [Washington County].
- Virginia
- Wise County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Exeter [Wise County].
- British Columbia
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Exeter ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Exeter:
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 Exeter - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Monroe 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 Monroe 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 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 Exeter 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/ |