Do you know of Cable ???

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

Our sources for Cable (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 Cable other than they indicate that Cable would be found somewhere in Grand Forks County, North Dakota.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1888 and closed  in 1903.

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 Cable ...

We found eight communities that share the name Cable.

Within North Dakota, the name Cable is unique.

Beyond North Dakota, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • California
    • Kern County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Cable [Kern County].
  • Illinois
    • Mercer County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Cable [Mercer County].
  • Minnesota
    • Sherburne County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Cable [Sherburne County].
  • Missouri
    • Reynolds County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Cable [Reynolds County].
  • Montana
    • Deer Lodge County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Cable [Deer Lodge County].
  • Ohio
    • Champaign County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Cable [Champaign County].
    • Guernsey County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Cable [Guernsey County].
  • Wisconsin
    • Bayfield County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Cable [Bayfield County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cable ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

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

More Orphans in  Grand Forks 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 Grand Forks County.