Do you know of Holstein ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1887 and closed  in 1901.

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 Holstein ...

We found four communities that share the name Holstein.

Within Michigan, the name Holstein is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Iowa
    • Ida County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Holstein [Ida County].
  • Missouri
    • Warren County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Holstein [Warren County].
  • Nebraska
    • Adams County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Holstein [Adams County].
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Holstein.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Holstein ...

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

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Holstein - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

More Orphans in  Oceana 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 Oceana County.