Do you know of Waveland ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Waveland. 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 Waveland.<1>
Our sources for Waveland (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 Waveland other than they indicate that Waveland would be found somewhere in Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1870 and closed in 1881.
Communities Also Named Waveland ...
We found seven communities that share the name Waveland.
Within Iowa, the name Waveland is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Yell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Waveland [Yell County].
- Florida
- Saint Lucie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Waveland [Saint Lucie County].
- Indiana
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Waveland [Montgomery County].
- Kansas
- Massachusetts
- Plymouth County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Waveland [Plymouth County].
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Hancock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Waveland [Hancock County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Waveland ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Waveland:
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.
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
More Orphans in Pottawattamie 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 Pottawattamie 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> | 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 Waveland 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/ |