Do you know of White River ???

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

We found mention of White River as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Rio Blanco 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 1888 and closed  in 1908.

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 White River ...

We found seven communities that share the name White River.

Within Colorado, the name White River is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Arkansas
    • Desha County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of White River [Desha County].
  • California
    • Tulare County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of White River [Tulare County].
  • Indiana
    • Gibson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of White River [Gibson County].
  • Nevada
    • Nye County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of White River [Nye County].
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of White River.
  • South Dakota
    • Mellette County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of White River [Mellette County].
  • Wisconsin
    • Ashland County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of White River [Ashland County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for White River ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

More Orphans in  Rio Blanco 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 Rio Blanco County.