Do you know of University ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about University. 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 University.
Our sources for University (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of University other than they indicate that University would be found somewhere in Los Angeles County, California.
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 University ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name University.
Within California, the name University is unique.
Beyond California, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Tuscaloosa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of University [Tuscaloosa County].
- Florida
- Duval 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 University [Duval County].
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of University [Hillsborough County].
- Idaho
- Latah 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 Idaho community of University [Latah County].
- Illinois
- Champaign 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 Illinois community of University [Champaign County].
- Hamilton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of University [Hamilton County].
- Iowa
- Johnson 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 Iowa community of University [Johnson County].
- Kentucky
- Fayette 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 University [Fayette County].
- Maryland
- Montgomery 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 Maryland community of University [Montgomery County].
- Mississippi
- Lafayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of University [Lafayette County].
- Nevada
- Washoe 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 Nevada community of University [Washoe County].
- North Carolina
- Orange County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of University [Orange County].
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of University [Salt Lake County].
- Washington
- King County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of University [King County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for University ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about University:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for University - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station
More Orphans in Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles 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 University 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. |