Do you know of Montrose ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Montrose. 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 Montrose.
Our sources for Montrose (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 Montrose other than they indicate that Montrose would be found somewhere in Cumberland County, North Carolina.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1813 and closed in 1910.
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 Montrose ...
We found 37 communities that share the name Montrose.
There is one other community in North Carolina which is also named Montrose.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another 36 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 36 communities, 33 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Hoke County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Montrose [Hoke County].
- Hoke County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Baldwin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Montrose [Baldwin County].
- Arkansas
- Ashley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Montrose [Ashley County].
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Montrose.
- California
- Los Angeles County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Montrose [Los Angeles County].
- Colorado
- Montrose County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Montrose [Montrose County].
- Georgia
- Laurens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Montrose [Laurens County].
- Twiggs 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 Montrose [Twiggs County].
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Lee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Montrose [Lee County].
- Kansas
- Jewell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Montrose [Jewell County].
- Kentucky
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Montrose [Fayette County].
- Louisiana
- Natchitoches Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Montrose [Natchitoches Parish].
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Middlesex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Montrose [Middlesex County].
- Michigan
- Genesee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Montrose [Genesee County].
- Minnesota
- Wright County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Montrose [Wright County].
- Mississippi
- Jasper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Montrose [Jasper County].
- Missouri
- Henry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Montrose [Henry County].
- Nebraska
- Sioux County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Montrose [Sioux County].
- New Jersey
- Monmouth County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Montrose [Monmouth County].
- New York
- Westchester County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Montrose [Westchester County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Montrose.
- Ohio
- Summit County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Montrose [Summit County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Montrose.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Montrose [Allegheny County].
- Berks County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Montrose [Berks County].
- Susquehanna County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Montrose [Susquehanna County].
- Prince Edward Island
- Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Montrose.
- South Carolina
- Chesterfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Montrose [Chesterfield County].
- South Dakota
- McCook County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Montrose [McCook County].
- Virginia
- Henrico County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Montrose [Henrico County].
- West Virginia
- Randolph County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Montrose [Randolph County].
- Wisconsin
- Dane County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Montrose [Dane County].
- Manitowoc 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 Wisconsin community of Montrose [Manitowoc County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Montrose ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Montrose:
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 Montrose - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Cumberland 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 Cumberland 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 Montrose 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/ |