Do you know of Stryker ???

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

Our sources for Stryker (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 Stryker other than they indicate that Stryker would be found somewhere in Polk County, Texas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1885 and closed  in 1913.

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 Stryker ...

We found two communities that share the name Stryker.

Within Texas, the name Stryker is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Montana
    • Lincoln County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Stryker [Lincoln County].
  • Ohio
    • Williams County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Stryker [Williams County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Stryker ...

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

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 Stryker - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station

Rand McNally Map of Texas (1911)
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  Polk 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 Polk County.