Do you know of Cobb ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Cobb. 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 Cobb.
We found mention of Cobb as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Washington County, Idaho.
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.
Communities Also Named Cobb ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Cobb.
Within Idaho, the name Cobb is unique.
Beyond Idaho, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- California
- Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Cobb [Lake County].
- Georgia
- Sumter County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cobb [Sumter County].
- Indiana
- Vigo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Cobb [Vigo County].
- Kentucky
- Caldwell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Cobb [Caldwell County].
- Louisiana
- Ouachita Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Cobb [Ouachita Parish].
- Missouri
- Montana
- Ravalli County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Cobb [Ravalli County].
- Nebraska
- New York
- Suffolk County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Cobb [Suffolk County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Cobb.
- Oklahoma
- Bryan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Cobb [Bryan County].
- Oregon
- Umatilla County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Cobb [Umatilla County].
- Texas
- Kaufman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cobb [Kaufman County].
- West Virginia
- Greenbrier County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Cobb [Greenbrier County].
- Wisconsin
- Iowa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Cobb [Iowa County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cobb ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Cobb:
Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)
Published by Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)
Published by Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)
Published by Union Pacific Railroad
North American Railroad Atlas - Mountain Plains
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2000
(Available from Amazon.com)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Cobb.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 16/16570 (Place Name: Cobb)
County: Washington (FIPS State/County: 16/087)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Cobb) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Washington 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 Washington County.
| Alpine | Middle Valley |
| Millers Spur | |
| Brennan | |
| Old's Ferry | |
| Council Valley | |
| Presley | |
| Dale | |
| Rock Island | |
| Falls | |
| Spring | |
| Helena | |
| Weiser Station | |
| Indian Valley | Wilburns |
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 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 Cobb 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. |