Do you know of Morgan ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Morgan. 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 Morgan.
We found mention of Morgan as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Marquette County, Michigan.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1866 and closed in 1877.
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 Morgan ...
We found 41 communities that share the name Morgan.
There are two communities within Michigan that are also named Morgan.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 39 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 39 communities, 40 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Barry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Morgan [Barry County].
- Newaygo County
- Barry County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Morgan [Jefferson County].
- Arkansas
- Pulaski County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Morgan [Pulaski County].
- California
- Los Angeles 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 California community of Morgan [Los Angeles County].
- Sierra County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Morgan [Sierra County].
- Colorado
- Conejos County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Morgan [Conejos County].
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Bingham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Morgan [Bingham County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Decatur County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Morgan [Decatur County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Hardin 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 Kentucky community of Morgan [Hardin County].
- Pendleton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Morgan [Pendleton County].
- Maryland
- Carroll County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Morgan [Carroll County].
- Minnesota
- Redwood County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Morgan [Redwood County].
- Missouri
- Laclede County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Morgan [Laclede County].
- Montana
- Phillips County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Morgan [Phillips County].
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- Middlesex County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Morgan [Middlesex County].
- New York
- Allegany 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 York community of Morgan [Allegany County].
- New York County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Morgan [New York County].
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Morgan.
- Oregon
- Morrow County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Morgan [Morrow County].
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Morgan [Allegheny County].
- Delaware County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Morgan [Delaware County].
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Morgan [Fayette County].
- South Carolina
- Jasper County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Morgan [Jasper County].
- Tennessee
- Henderson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Morgan [Henderson County].
- Texas
- Bosque County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Morgan [Bosque County].
- Utah
- Vermont
- Orleans County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Morgan [Orleans County].
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Morgan [Jackson County].
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Morgan ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Morgan:
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)
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
More Orphans in Marquette 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 Marquette 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Morgan 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/ |