Do you know of Lotus ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Lotus. 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 Lotus.
We found mention of Lotus 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 Lotus ...
We found eight communities that share the name Lotus.
Within Texas, the name Lotus is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- El Dorado County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Lotus [El Dorado County].
- Florida
- Brevard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Lotus [Brevard County].
- Idaho
- Benewah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Lotus [Benewah County].
- Illinois
- Champaign County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Lotus [Champaign County].
- Indiana
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Lotus [Union County].
- Kentucky
- Bullitt County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Lotus [Bullitt County].
- Louisiana
- Natchitoches Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Lotus [Natchitoches Parish].
- Ontario
- California
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lotus ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Lotus:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Lotus - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)
Published by Southern Pacific Railroad
Rand McNally Map of Texas (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)
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 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 Lotus 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. |