Do you know of Hanover ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hanover. 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 Hanover.
We found mention of Hanover as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in El Paso County, Colorado.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1913 and closed in 1921.
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 Hanover ...
We found 39 communities that share the name Hanover.
Within Colorado, the name Hanover is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another 39 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 39 communities, 38 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Coosa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Hanover [Coosa County].
- Arkansas
- Crittenden 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 Arkansas community of Hanover [Crittenden County].
- Stone County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Hanover [Stone County].
- Connecticut
- New Haven 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 Connecticut community of Hanover [New Haven County].
- New London County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Hanover [New London County].
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Jo Daviess County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Hanover [Jo Daviess County].
- Indiana
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Hanover [Jefferson County].
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Osage 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 Hanover [Osage County].
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Hanover [Washington County].
- Maine
- Oxford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Hanover [Oxford County].
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel 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 Hanover [Anne Arundel County].
- Howard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Hanover [Howard County].
- Massachusetts
- Plymouth County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Hanover [Plymouth County].
- Michigan
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Hanover [Jackson County].
- Minnesota
- Wright County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Hanover [Wright County].
- Montana
- Fergus County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Hanover [Fergus County].
- Nebraska
- Gage County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Hanover [Gage County].
- New Hampshire
- Grafton County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Hanover [Grafton County].
- New Jersey
- Burlington 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 Hanover [Burlington County].
- Morris County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Hanover [Morris County].
- New Mexico
- Grant County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Hanover [Grant County].
- New York
- Oneida County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Hanover [Oneida County].
- Ohio
- Butler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hanover [Butler County].
- Harrison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hanover [Harrison County].
- Licking County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hanover [Licking County].
- Perry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hanover [Perry County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Hanover.
- Pennsylvania
- Luzerne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Hanover [Luzerne County].
- Northampton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Hanover [Northampton County].
- York County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Hanover [York County].
- South Carolina
- Anderson County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Hanover [Anderson County].
- Texas
- Milam County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Hanover [Milam County].
- Virginia
- Hanover County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Hanover [Hanover County].
- West Virginia
- Wyoming County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Hanover [Wyoming County].
- Wisconsin
- Rock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Hanover [Rock County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hanover ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hanover:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
The FIPS database contains an entry for Hanover.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 08/34080 (Place Name: Hanover)
County: El Paso (FIPS State/County: 08/041)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Hanover) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative 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 ...
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Hanover 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/ |