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Do you know of Twin Lakes ???

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

Our sources for Twin Lakes (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Twin Lakes other than they indicate that Twin Lakes would be found somewhere in Pasco County, Florida.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1884 and closed  in 1895.

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 Twin Lakes ...

We found 39 communities that share the name Twin Lakes.

There are two communities within Florida that are also named Twin Lakes.

Beyond Florida, we know of another 37 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 37 communities, 38 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Florida ...
    • Broward County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Twin Lakes [Broward County].
    • Orange 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 Twin Lakes [Orange County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Twin Lakes.
    • Arkansas
      • Pulaski 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 Arkansas community of Twin Lakes [Pulaski County].
    • California
      • Kern County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Twin Lakes [Kern County].
      • Lake County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Twin Lakes [Lake County].
      • Los Angeles County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Twin Lakes [Los Angeles County].
      • Santa Cruz County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Twin Lakes [Santa Cruz County].
    • Colorado
      • Adams County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Twin Lakes [Adams County].
      • Lake County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Twin Lakes [Lake County].
    • Connecticut
      • Litchfield County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Twin Lakes [Litchfield County].
    • Georgia
      • Lowndes County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Twin Lakes [Lowndes County].
    • Idaho
      • Kootenai 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 Idaho community of Twin Lakes [Kootenai County].
    • Illinois
      • Madison 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 Twin Lakes [Madison County].
      • Will County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Twin Lakes [Will County].
    • Indiana
      • LaGrange County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Twin Lakes [LaGrange County].
      • Marshall County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Twin Lakes [Marshall County].
    • Iowa
      • Calhoun County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Twin Lakes [Calhoun County].
    • Kentucky
      • Livingston County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Twin Lakes [Livingston County].
    • Maryland
      • Calvert County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Twin Lakes [Calvert County].
      • Carroll County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Twin Lakes [Carroll County].
    • Michigan
      • Cass County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Twin Lakes [Cass County].
      • Houghton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Twin Lakes [Houghton County].
    • Minnesota
      • Freeborn County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Twin Lakes [Freeborn County].
    • Mississippi
      • DeSoto County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Twin Lakes [DeSoto County].
    • New Mexico
      • McKinley County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Twin Lakes [McKinley County].
    • North Carolina
      • Harnett County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Twin Lakes [Harnett County].
    • Ohio
      • Allen 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 Ohio community of Twin Lakes [Allen County].
      • Miami County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Twin Lakes [Miami County].
      • Portage County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Twin Lakes [Portage County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Kingfisher County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Twin Lakes [Kingfisher County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Dauphin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Twin Lakes [Dauphin County].
      • Pike County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Twin Lakes [Pike County].
    • South Carolina
      • Anderson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Twin Lakes [Anderson County].
      • Dorchester County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Twin Lakes [Dorchester County].
      • Spartanburg County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Twin Lakes [Spartanburg County].
      • Sumter County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Twin Lakes [Sumter County].
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Twin Lakes [Salt Lake County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Kenosha County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Twin Lakes [Kenosha County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Twin Lakes ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

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

More Orphans in  Pasco 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 Pasco County.

AbbottLenard
  
Bay HeadMacon
Beacon SquierMexico
Big CypressMilliards
  
ChipcoNeukons
 New Port Richey East
Dade City East 
Dade City NorthOwensboro
DenhamOyster Bayou
Dixie Grove 
 Pasadena
EarnestvillePedrick
  
Flor-a-marRichey Lakes
  
GodwinSaint Thomas
Gowers CornersSlaughter
  
HegmanTahitian Gardens
Holiday Gardens 
Holiday HillsWilson Haven
Hudson - Bayonet PointWoods
  
JassamineZephyrhills North
 Zephyrhills South
Keystone ParkZephyrhills West
  

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Twin Lakes 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.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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