Do you know of Florence ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Florence. 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 Florence.
Our sources for Florence (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 Florence other than they indicate that Florence would be found somewhere in Weber County, Utah.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1887 and closed in 1892.
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 Florence ...
We found 61 communities that share the name Florence.
Within Utah, the name Florence is unique.
Beyond Utah, we know of another 61 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 61 communities, 59 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lauderdale County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Florence [Lauderdale County].
- Arizona
- Pinal County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Florence [Pinal County].
- Arkansas
- Drew County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Florence [Drew County].
- California
- Los Angeles County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Florence [Los Angeles County].
- Colorado
- Fremont County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Florence [Fremont County].
- Delaware
- Kent County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Florence [Kent County].
- Florida
- Clay 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 Florida community of Florence [Clay County].
- Gadsden County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Florence [Gadsden County].
- Saint Johns County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Florence [Saint Johns County].
- Georgia
- Morgan 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 Georgia community of Florence [Morgan County].
- Stewart County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Florence [Stewart County].
- Idaho
- Idaho County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Florence [Idaho County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Switzerland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Florence [Switzerland County].
- Iowa
- Wright County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Florence [Wright County].
- Kansas
- Allen 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 Kansas community of Florence [Allen County].
- Lyon 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 Kansas community of Florence [Lyon County].
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Florence [Marion County].
- Kentucky
- Boone County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Florence [Boone County].
- McCracken 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 Kentucky community of Florence [McCracken County].
- Louisiana
- Catahoula Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Florence [Catahoula Parish].
- Saint Mary Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Florence [Saint Mary Parish].
- Maryland
- Howard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Florence [Howard County].
- Massachusetts
- Hampshire County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Florence [Hampshire County].
- Michigan
- Manistee 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 Florence [Manistee County].
- Saint Joseph 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 Florence [Saint Joseph County].
- Minnesota
- Lyon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Florence [Lyon County].
- Mississippi
- Rankin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Florence [Rankin County].
- Missouri
- Buchanan 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 Missouri community of Florence [Buchanan County].
- Morgan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Florence [Morgan County].
- Montana
- Ravalli County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Florence [Ravalli County].
- Nebraska
- Douglas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Florence [Douglas County].
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- Eddy County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Florence [Eddy County].
- New York
- Oneida County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Florence [Oneida County].
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Florence.
- Ohio
- Belmont County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Florence [Belmont County].
- Erie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Florence [Erie County].
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Florence [Madison County].
- Noble County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Florence [Noble County].
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Lane County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Florence [Lane County].
- Pennsylvania
- Northampton 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 Pennsylvania community of Florence [Northampton County].
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Florence [Washington County].
- South Carolina
- Florence County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Florence [Florence County].
- South Dakota
- Codington County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Florence [Codington County].
- Hand County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Florence [Hand County].
- Pennington County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Florence [Pennington County].
- Tennessee
- Rutherford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Florence [Rutherford County].
- Washington 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 Tennessee community of Florence [Washington County].
- Texas
- Williamson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Florence [Williamson County].
- Vermont
- Rutland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Florence [Rutland County].
- Washington
- Snohomish County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Florence [Snohomish County].
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Florence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Florence [Florence County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Florence ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Florence:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Florence - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Map from 1900 (unknown title/publisher)
More Orphans in Weber 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 Weber County.
| Ben Lomond | Hooper Station |
| Bonneville | Hot Springs |
| Bridge Junction | |
| Lodjic | |
| Evona Junction | |
| Slatersville | |
| Garland | |
| Weber |
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 Florence 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/ |