Do you know of Academy ???

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

We found mention of Academy as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in El Paso County, Colorado.

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 Academy ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Academy.

Within Colorado, the name Academy is unique.

Beyond Colorado, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Academy.
- Arkansas
  - Hempstead County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Academy [Hempstead County].
- California
  - Fresno County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Academy [Fresno County].
- Georgia
  - 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 Georgia community of Academy [Houston County].
  - Jackson 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 Georgia community of Academy [Jackson County].
  - McIntosh 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 Georgia community of Academy [McIntosh County].
- Missouri
  - Saint Louis County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Academy [Saint Louis County].
- New Jersey
  - Essex 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 New Jersey community of Academy [Essex County].
- Nova Scotia
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Academy.
- Oklahoma
  - Academy #
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Academy.
- Pennsylvania
  - Delaware County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Academy [Delaware County].
  - 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 Pennsylvania community of Academy [Montgomery County].
- South Dakota
  - Charles Mix County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Academy [Charles Mix County].
- Texas
  - Bell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Academy [Bell County].
- Virginia
  - Prince George County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Academy [Prince George County].
- Washington
  - Spokane 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 Washington community of Academy [Spokane County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Academy ...

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Colorado & Utah
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 1995
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Academy.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 08/00100 (Place Name: Academy)

County: El Paso (FIPS State/County: 08/041)

Class: U6

Identifies a populated place (ie- Academy) that is wholly or substantially located outside the boundaries of any incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) that has an authoritative common name recognized by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in El Paso 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 El Paso County.

Footnotes ...

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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 Academy 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.