Do you know of Venice ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Venice. 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 Venice.<1>

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

Communities Also Named Venice ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Venice.

Within Colorado, the name Venice is unique.

Beyond Colorado, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Venice.
- Arkansas
  - Ashley County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Venice [Ashley County].
- California
  - Los Angeles County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Venice [Los Angeles County].
- Florida
  - Manatee 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 Florida community of Venice [Manatee County].
  - Sarasota County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Venice [Sarasota County].
- Illinois
  - Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Venice [Madison County].
- Kansas
  - Sedgwick 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 Venice [Sedgwick County].
- Louisiana
  - Plaquemines Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Venice [Plaquemines Parish].
- Michigan
  - Shiawassee 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 Michigan community of Venice [Shiawassee County].
- Missouri
  - Shannon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Venice [Shannon County].
- Nebraska
  - Douglas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Venice [Douglas County].
- New York
  - Cayuga 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 New York community of Venice [Cayuga County].
- Ohio
  - Butler 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 Ohio community of Venice [Butler County].
  - Erie County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Venice [Erie County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Venice [Washington County].
- Utah
  - Sevier County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Venice [Sevier County].
- Washington
  - Kitsap County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Venice [Kitsap County].
  - Pacific County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Venice [Pacific County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Venice ...

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Venice - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in Chaffee 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 Chaffee County.

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 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 Venice 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.