Do you know of Hardy ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hardy. 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 Hardy.
Our sources for Hardy (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 Hardy other than they indicate that Hardy would be found somewhere in Cascade County, Montana.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1888 and closed in 1915.
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 Hardy ...
We found 26 communities that share the name Hardy.
Within Montana, the name Hardy is unique.
Beyond Montana, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 26 communities, 24 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Shelby County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Hardy [Shelby County].
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Sharp County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Hardy [Sharp County].
- California
- Mendocino County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Hardy [Mendocino County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Humboldt County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Hardy [Humboldt County].
- Kentucky
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Hardy [Pike County].
- Maine
- Piscataquis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Hardy [Piscataquis County].
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Grenada County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Hardy [Grenada County].
- Nebraska
- Nuckolls County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Hardy [Nuckolls County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Hardy.
- Ohio
- Hardin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hardy [Hardin County].
- Oklahoma
- Kay County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Hardy [Kay County].
- Oregon
- Wasco County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Hardy [Wasco County].
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Hardy [Allegheny County].
- Saskatchewan
- Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Hardy.
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Overton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Hardy [Overton County].
- Texas
- Utah
- Utah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Hardy [Utah County].
- Virginia
- Bedford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Hardy [Bedford County].
- Pittsylvania 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 Hardy [Pittsylvania County].
- West Virginia
- Mercer County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Hardy [Mercer County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hardy ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hardy:
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 Hardy - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station
The FIPS database contains an entry for Hardy.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 30/34300 (Place Name: Hardy)
County: Cascade (FIPS State/County: 30/013)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Hardy) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Cascade 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 Cascade 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 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 Hardy 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/ |