Do you know of Erin ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Erin. 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 Erin.
We found mention of Erin as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Harris County, Texas.
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 Erin ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Erin.
There is one other community in Texas which is also named Erin.
Beyond Texas, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Jasper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Erin [Jasper County].
- Jasper County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Clay County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Erin [Clay County].
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Will County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Erin [Will County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Minnesota
- New York
- Chemung County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Erin [Chemung County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Erin.
- Tennessee
- Houston County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Erin [Houston County].
- West Virginia
- McDowell County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Erin [McDowell County].
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Erin ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Erin:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Erin - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Texas (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Harris 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 Harris 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 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 Erin 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. |