Do you know of Plaza ???

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

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Plaza, so we are uncertain whether Plaza is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Plaza would be found somewhere in New Haven County, Connecticut.

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 Plaza ...

We found fifteen communities that share the name Plaza.

Within Connecticut, the name Plaza is unique.

Beyond Connecticut, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
  - San Bernardino County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Plaza [San Bernardino County].
- Colorado
  - Rio Grande 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 Colorado community of Plaza [Rio Grande County].
- Florida
  - Marion 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 Florida community of Plaza [Marion County].
- Georgia
  - Clayton 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 Plaza [Clayton County].
- Idaho
  - Gem County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Plaza [Gem County].
- Illinois
  - Saint Clair 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 Illinois community of Plaza [Saint Clair County].
- Michigan
  - Calhoun 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 Michigan community of Plaza [Calhoun County].
  - Ottawa 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 Michigan community of Plaza [Ottawa 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 Plaza [Burlington County].
  - Hudson 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 New Jersey community of Plaza [Hudson County].
- New Mexico
  - Quay County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Plaza [Quay County].
- New York
  - Queens 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 York community of Plaza [Queens County].
- North Dakota
  - Mountrail County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Plaza [Mountrail County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Butler 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 Plaza [Butler County].
- Washington
  - Spokane County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Plaza [Spokane County].

More Orphans in New Haven 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 New Haven 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 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 Plaza 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.