Do you know of Quigley ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Quigley. 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 Quigley.<1>
We found mention of Quigley as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Clay County, Florida.
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.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1894 and closed in 1896.
Communities Also Named Quigley ...
We found ten communities that share the name Quigley.
Within Florida, the name Quigley is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Saint Francis 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 Arkansas community of Quigley [Saint Francis County].
- California
- San Joaquin 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 California community of Quigley [San Joaquin County].
- Idaho
- Power County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Quigley [Power County].
- Illinois
- Shelby 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 Quigley [Shelby County].
- Iowa
- Clinton 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 Iowa community of Quigley [Clinton County].
- Louisiana
- Union Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Quigley [Union Parish].
- Montana
- Granite County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Quigley [Granite County].
- Powell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Quigley [Powell County].
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Quigley.
- Texas
- Jasper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Quigley [Jasper County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Quigley ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Quigley:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
More Orphans in Clay 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 Clay County.
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Quigley 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. |
<4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |