Do you know of Pratts ???

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

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

Communities Also Named Pratts ...

We found nine communities that share the name Pratts.

Within Connecticut, the name Pratts is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Barbour County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Pratts [Barbour County].
- Michigan
  - Otsego 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 Pratts [Otsego County].
- Mississippi
  - Lee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Pratts [Lee County].
- New York
  - Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Pratts [Madison County].
- North Carolina
  - Johnston 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 North Carolina community of Pratts [Johnston County].
- Ohio
  - Hancock County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Pratts [Hancock County].
- Utah
  - Davis County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Pratts [Davis County].
  - Salt Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Pratts [Salt Lake County].
- Virginia
  - Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Pratts [Madison County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Pratts ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in Hartford 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 Hartford County.

Avon Center	Hitchcocks
	Huckleberry Hill
Barry Square
Beckley's	Ketch Mills
Birdland
Bissell	Linville
Bristol Copper Mines
Bucks Corners	Manchester Station
Burlington Center	Maple Hill
Burlington Station	Mapleton
	Marlborough Center
Cedar Lake
Cedar Springs	North Hartland
Center Hill	North Manchester
Centre Hill	Northington
Charter Oak
Cherry Brook	Osborn
Chippens Hill
Clayton	Prospect Hill
Collinsville Station
Congamond Lakes	Riverside
Congamond
Cooper Hill	Sand Bank Hill
Curtisville	Secret Lake
	Shaker Station
Deerfield	Silver Lane
Diamond Lake	Simsbury Center
Dickerman's Corner	South Manchester
Dowd's Corner	Spring Brook
	Stony Corners
East Hill	Stratton Brook
East Suffield	Suffield Center
Eastbury
Enfield Bridge	Talcott Village

Fall Mountain	Vinton's Mills
Farmington Village
Fox Den	West Farms Village
	Wheaton's
Green Manorville	Whitacres
Griffins	Winding Lanes
	Wintonbury
Hillstown

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 Pratts 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.