Do you know of Stanley ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Stanley. 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 Stanley.
We found mention of Stanley as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Clackamas County, Oregon.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1904 and closed in 1905.
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 Stanley ...
We found 41 communities that share the name Stanley.
Within Oregon, the name Stanley is unique.
Beyond Oregon, we know of another 41 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 41 communities, 36 are located in the United States and seven are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Covington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Stanley [Covington County].
- Arizona
- Graham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Stanley [Graham County].
- Arkansas
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Stanley [Pike County].
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Stanley.
- California
- Napa County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Stanley [Napa County].
- Idaho
- Custer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Stanley [Custer County].
- Indiana
- Warrick County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Stanley [Warrick County].
- Iowa
- Buchanan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Stanley [Buchanan County].
- Kansas
- Johnson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Stanley [Johnson County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Stanley.
- Maryland
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Stanley [Washington County].
- Massachusetts
- Plymouth County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Stanley [Plymouth County].
- Michigan
- Calhoun 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 Michigan community of Stanley [Calhoun County].
- Lapeer County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Stanley [Lapeer County].
- Minnesota
- Isanti County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Stanley [Isanti County].
- Yellow Medicine 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 Stanley [Yellow Medicine County].
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Holt County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Stanley [Holt County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Stanley.
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- Santa Fe County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Stanley [Santa Fe County].
- New York
- Ontario County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Stanley [Ontario County].
- North Carolina
- Gaston County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Stanley [Gaston County].
- North Dakota
- Mountrail County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Stanley [Mountrail County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Stanley.
- Ohio
- Henry 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 Ohio community of Stanley [Henry County].
- Washington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Stanley [Washington County].
- Wood County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Stanley [Wood County].
- Oklahoma
- Pushmataha County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Stanley [Pushmataha County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Stanley.
- Pennsylvania
- Clearfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Stanley [Clearfield County].
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Stanley [Marion County].
- Virginia
- Page County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Stanley [Page County].
- West Virginia
- Ritchie County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Stanley [Ritchie County].
- Wisconsin
- Chippewa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Stanley [Chippewa County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Stanley ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Stanley:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
The FIPS database contains an entry for Stanley.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 41/69950 (Place Name: Stanley)
County: Clackamas (FIPS State/County: 41/005)
Class: X2
More Orphans in Clackamas 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 Clackamas 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 Stanley 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/ |