Do you know of Sheridan ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Sheridan. 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 Sheridan.
Our sources for Sheridan (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 Sheridan other than they indicate that Sheridan would be found somewhere in Marion County, Alabama.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1898 and closed in 1907.
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 Sheridan ...
We found 45 communities that share the name Sheridan.
Within Alabama, the name Sheridan is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another 45 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Grant County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Sheridan [Grant County].
- California
- Colorado
- Arapahoe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Sheridan [Arapahoe County].
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Sheridan [Hillsborough County].
- Lake 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 Sheridan [Lake County].
- Illinois
- La Salle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Sheridan [La Salle County].
- Indiana
- Hamilton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Sheridan [Hamilton County].
- LaPorte 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 Indiana community of Sheridan [LaPorte County].
- Iowa
- Poweshiek County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Sheridan [Poweshiek County].
- Kansas
- Greenwood County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Sheridan [Greenwood County].
- Sedgwick 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 Sheridan [Sedgwick County].
- Sheridan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Sheridan [Sheridan County].
- Wallace 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 Sheridan [Wallace County].
- Kentucky
- Crittenden County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Sheridan [Crittenden County].
- Louisiana
- Washington Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Sheridan [Washington Parish].
- Maine
- Aroostook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Sheridan [Aroostook County].
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Barry 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 Sheridan [Barry County].
- Montcalm County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Sheridan [Montcalm County].
- Missouri
- Worth County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Sheridan [Worth County].
- Montana
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Sheridan [Madison County].
- Nebraska
- Garfield 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 Nebraska community of Sheridan [Garfield County].
- Wheeler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Sheridan [Wheeler County].
- Nevada
- Douglas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Sheridan [Douglas County].
- New Mexico
- San Miguel County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Sheridan [San Miguel County].
- New York
- Chautauqua County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Sheridan [Chautauqua County].
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Comanche 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 Oklahoma community of Sheridan [Comanche County].
- Kingfisher 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 Oklahoma community of Sheridan [Kingfisher County].
- Oregon
- Yamhill County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Sheridan [Yamhill County].
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny 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 Sheridan [Allegheny County].
- Cambria 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 Pennsylvania community of Sheridan [Cambria County].
- Lebanon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Sheridan [Lebanon County].
- Schuylkill County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Sheridan [Schuylkill County].
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Pennington County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Sheridan [Pennington County].
- Texas
- Colorado County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Sheridan [Colorado County].
- Houston 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 Texas community of Sheridan [Houston County].
- Utah
- Davis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Sheridan [Davis County].
- Washington
- Kitsap County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Sheridan [Kitsap County].
- West Virginia
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Sheridan [Lincoln County].
- Wisconsin
- Waupaca County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Sheridan [Waupaca County].
- Wyoming
- Sheridan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Sheridan [Sheridan County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Sheridan ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Sheridan:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Marion 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 Marion 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Sheridan 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/ |