Do you know of Norway ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Norway. 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 Norway.
Our sources for Norway (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 Norway other than they indicate that Norway would be found somewhere in Goodhue County, Minnesota.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1857 and closed in 1902.
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 Norway ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Norway.
There is one other community in Minnesota which is also named Norway.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, nineteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Minnesota ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Illinois
- La Salle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Norway [La Salle County].
- Indiana
- White County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Norway [White County].
- Iowa
- Benton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Norway [Benton County].
- Kansas
- Doniphan 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 Norway [Doniphan County].
- Republic County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Norway [Republic County].
- Maine
- Oxford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Norway [Oxford County].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Norway.
- Michigan
- Dickinson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Norway [Dickinson County].
- Mississippi
- Yazoo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Norway [Yazoo County].
- Nebraska
- Thomas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Norway [Thomas County].
- New York
- Herkimer County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Norway [Herkimer County].
- North Dakota
- Dickey County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Norway [Dickey County].
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Coos County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Norway [Coos County].
- Pennsylvania
- Chester County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Norway [Chester County].
- Prince Edward Island
- Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Norway.
- South Carolina
- Orangeburg County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Norway [Orangeburg County].
- South Dakota
- West Virginia
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Norway [Marion County].
- Wisconsin
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Norway ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Norway:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Norway - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
More Orphans in Goodhue 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 Goodhue County.
| Addington Spur | Holden |
| Aspelund | |
| Lena | |
| Barr | |
| Minneola | |
| Cannon Junction | |
| Cannon River Falls | Prairie Island |
| Cascade | |
| Spring Creek | |
| Fair Point | |
| Frontenac Station | Trout Brook |
| Goodhue Centre | West Red Wing |
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 Norway 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/ |