Do you know of Cecil ???

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

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

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 Cecil ...

We found nineteen communities that share the name Cecil.

Within Missouri, the name Cecil is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Montgomery County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Cecil [Montgomery County].
- Arkansas
  - Franklin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Cecil [Franklin County].
- Georgia
  - Berrien 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 Georgia community of Cecil [Berrien County].
  - Cook County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cecil [Cook County].
- Kansas
  - Labette 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 Cecil [Labette County].
- Kentucky
  - McCracken County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Cecil [McCracken County].
- Louisiana
  - Union Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Cecil [Union Parish].
- Michigan
  - Emmet County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Cecil [Emmet County].
- Mississippi
  - Attala 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 Mississippi community of Cecil [Attala County].
- Montana
  - Richland 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 Cecil [Richland County].
- New Jersey
  - Gloucester County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Cecil [Gloucester County].
- North Carolina
  - Haywood County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Cecil [Haywood County].
- North Dakota
  - Towner 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 Dakota community of Cecil [Towner County].
- Ohio
  - Paulding County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Cecil [Paulding County].
- Oregon
  - Morrow County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Cecil [Morrow County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cecil [Washington County].
- Virginia
  - Washington 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 Virginia community of Cecil [Washington County].
- West Virginia
  - Taylor County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Cecil [Taylor County].
- Wisconsin
  - Shawano County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Cecil [Shawano County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cecil ...

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

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

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

Map from 1904 (unknown title/publisher)

More Orphans in Jackson 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 Jackson 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Cecil 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.