Do you know of Indian River ???

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

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

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.

Communities Also Named Indian River ...

We found seven communities that share the name Indian River.

Within Delaware, the name Indian River is unique.

Beyond Delaware, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, five are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maine
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Indian River [Washington County].
- Michigan
  - Cheboygan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Indian River [Cheboygan County].
- New York
  - Lewis County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Indian River [Lewis County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Indian River.
- Prince Edward Island
  - Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Indian River.
- Virginia
  - Chesapeake City
  - 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 Virginia community of Indian River [Chesapeake City].
  - Hampton City
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Indian River [Hampton City].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Indian River ...

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

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Indian River.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 10/37540 (Place Name: Indian River)

County: Sussex (FIPS State/County: 10/005)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Indian River) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in Sussex County ...

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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 Sussex 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 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 Indian River 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.