Do you know of Banks ???

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

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

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 Banks ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Banks.

Within New York, the name Banks is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Bibb County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Banks [Bibb County].
  - Pike County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Banks [Pike County].
- Arkansas
  - Bradley County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Banks [Bradley County].
- Florida
  - Hillsborough County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Banks [Hillsborough County].
- Idaho
  - Boise County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Banks [Boise County].
- Illinois
  - Cook 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 Illinois community of Banks [Cook County].
- Kansas
  - Osborne 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 Banks [Osborne County].
- Kentucky
  - Letcher County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Banks [Letcher County].
- Louisiana
  - East Baton Rouge Parish
  - 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 Louisiana community of Banks [East Baton Rouge Parish].
- Minnesota
  - Faribault 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 Minnesota community of Banks [Faribault County].
- Mississippi
  - Tunica County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Banks [Tunica County].
- New Mexico
  - DeBaca County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Banks [DeBaca County].
- North Carolina
  - Wake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Banks [Wake County].
- North Dakota
  - McKenzie County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Banks [McKenzie County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Banks.
- Oregon
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Banks [Washington County].
- South Carolina
  - Lexington 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 South Carolina community of Banks [Lexington County].
- West Virginia
  - Banks #
  - 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 West Virginia community of Banks.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Banks ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in Cattaraugus 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 Cattaraugus 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Banks 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.