Do you know of Chisholm ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Chisholm. 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 Chisholm.<1>
Our sources for Chisholm (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 Chisholm other than they indicate that Chisholm would be found somewhere in Monroe County, Iowa.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1883 and closed in 1909.
Communities Also Named Chisholm ...
We found nine communities that share the name Chisholm.
Within Iowa, the name Chisholm is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, seven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Chisholm [Montgomery County].
- Alberta
- Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Chisholm.
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Chisholm [Franklin County].
- Minnesota
- Saint Louis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Chisholm [Saint Louis County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Chisholm.
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Rockwall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Chisholm [Rockwall County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Chisholm ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Chisholm:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Chisholm - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office
Sixth Biennial Report of the State Mine Inspectors, Two Years Ending June 30, 1893
Published as a Legislative Document: The Twenty-Fifth General Assembly of the State of Iowa - Vol. 4
Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Monroe 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 Monroe County.
| Cedar | Lindville |
| Clarksville | |
| Coalfield | Mantua |
| Coalton | |
| Cuba | Osprey |
| East Melrose | Shehan Siding |
| Fraker | Thompsonville |
| Fredric | |
| Urbanna City | |
| Hickory Grove | |
| Hickory | White |
| Hynes | Whiteburg |
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 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 Chisholm 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |