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Do you know of Ballard ???

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

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Ballard, so we are uncertain whether Ballard is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Ballard would be found somewhere in Lee County, Florida.

Communities Also Named Ballard ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Ballard.

Within Florida, the name Ballard is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Fayette County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Ballard [Fayette County].
    • Arkansas
      • Sharp County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Ballard [Sharp County].
    • California
      • Santa Barbara County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Ballard [Santa Barbara County].
    • Illinois
      • McLean County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Ballard [McLean County].
    • Kansas
      • Smith County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Ballard [Smith County].
    • Kentucky
      • Anderson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Ballard [Anderson County].
      • Menifee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Ballard [Menifee County].
    • Maryland
      • Prince George's County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Ballard [Prince George's County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Essex County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Ballard [Essex County].
    • Mississippi
      • Madison County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Ballard [Madison County].
    • Missouri
      • Bates County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Ballard [Bates County].
    • North Carolina
      • Martin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Ballard [Martin County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Adair County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Ballard [Adair County].
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Ballard [Salt Lake County].
      • Uintah County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Ballard [Uintah County].
    • Virginia
      • Patrick County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Ballard [Patrick County].
    • Washington
      • King County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Ballard [King County].
    • West Virginia
      • Monroe County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Ballard [Monroe County].

More Orphans in  Lee 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 Lee County.

BakerMarco
Bonita BeachMcGregor Gardens
BrynwoodMcGregor Groves
 Myerlee
CarlosMyers
City View 
CoralwoodPalm Acres
 Paloma Park
Dunbar HeightsParadise Shores
 Pioneer Village
East End 
Estero River HeightsRafters
  
Fort Myers SoutheastSan Carlos
Fort Myers SouthwestSouth Boca Grande
Franklin ParkSouth Fort Myers
  
HarrsenvilleTanglewood
Harvey HeightsThompson
 Twin Palms
Iona Gardens 
 Useppa Island
The Landings 
Linda LomaWoodland Park
  

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>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.
<3>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 Ballard 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.









 

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