Do you know of Purdy ???

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

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

We found thirteen communities that share the name Purdy.

Within Michigan, the name Purdy is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Purdy [Madison County].
- Iowa
  - Lucas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Purdy [Lucas County].
- Kansas
  - Morton 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 Kansas community of Purdy [Morton County].
- Kentucky
  - Adair County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Purdy [Adair County].
- Missouri
  - Barry County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Purdy [Barry County].
- Oklahoma
  - Garvin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Purdy [Garvin County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Purdy.
- Tennessee
  - McNairy County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Purdy [McNairy County].
- Utah
  - Weber County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Purdy [Weber County].
- Virginia
  - Greensville County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Purdy [Greensville County].
- Washington
  - Pierce County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Purdy [Pierce County].
- West Virginia
  - Calhoun County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Purdy [Calhoun County].
- Wisconsin
  - Vernon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Purdy [Vernon County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Purdy ...

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

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)

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (July 1912)
Published by Michigan Central Railroad

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

More Orphans in Tuscola 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 Tuscola County.

Footnotes ...

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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 Purdy 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.