Do you know of Macomb ???

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

Our sources for Macomb (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 Macomb other than they indicate that Macomb would be found somewhere in Saint Lawrence County, New York.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1842 and closed  in 1935.

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 Macomb ...

We found six communities that share the name Macomb.

Within New York, the name Macomb is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Illinois
    • McDonough County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Macomb [McDonough County].
  • Kansas
    • Gray County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Macomb [Gray County].
  • Michigan
    • Macomb County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Macomb [Macomb County].
  • Missouri
    • Wright County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Macomb [Wright County].
  • Oklahoma
    • Pottawatomie County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Macomb [Pottawatomie County].
  • Texas
    • Grayson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Macomb [Grayson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Macomb ...

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

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

More Orphans in  Saint Lawrence 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 Saint Lawrence County.