Do you know of Progress ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Progress. 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 Progress.<1>
Our sources for Progress (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 Progress other than they indicate that Progress would be found somewhere in Baca County, Colorado.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1888 and closed in 1895.
Communities Also Named Progress ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Progress.
Within Colorado, the name Progress is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, 21 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Progress.
- California
- Sutter County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Progress [Sutter County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Delaware County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Progress [Delaware County].
- Kansas
- Edwards County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Progress [Edwards County].
- Leavenworth County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Progress [Leavenworth County].
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Progress [East Baton Rouge Parish].
- Mississippi
- Jefferson Davis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Progress [Jefferson Davis County].
- Perry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Progress [Perry County].
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Progress [Pike County].
- Missouri
- New York
- Fulton County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Progress [Fulton County].
- North Carolina
- Randolph County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Progress [Randolph County].
- Oregon
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Progress [Washington County].
- Pennsylvania
- Dauphin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Progress [Dauphin County].
- Texas
- Bailey County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Progress [Bailey County].
- Hale County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Progress [Hale County].
- Palo Pinto County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Progress [Palo Pinto County].
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Progress [Salt Lake County].
- Virginia
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Progress [Franklin County].
- West Virginia
- Braxton County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Progress [Braxton County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Progress ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Progress:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Progress - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Baca 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 Baca County.
| Copper City | Ruff |
| Harbord | South Junction |
| Maxey | Townsite |
| Tuck | |
| North Junction | |
| Wentworth | |
| Rodley | Westola |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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 Progress 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |