Do you know of Anoka ???

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

Our sources for Anoka (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 Anoka other than they indicate that Anoka would be found somewhere in Broome County, New York.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1891 and closed  in 1914.

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 Anoka ...

We found three communities that share the name Anoka.

Within New York, the name Anoka is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Indiana
    • Cass County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Anoka [Cass County].
  • Minnesota
    • Anoka County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Anoka [Anoka County].
  • Nebraska
    • Boyd County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Anoka [Boyd County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Anoka ...

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

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 Anoka - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of New York (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Broome 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 Broome County.