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Do you know of Topaz ???

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

We found mention of Topaz as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Bingham 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 Topaz ...

We found seven communities that share the name Topaz.

There is one other community in Idaho which is also named Topaz.

Beyond Idaho, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Idaho ...
    • Bannock County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Topaz [Bannock County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Crittenden County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Topaz [Crittenden County].
    • California
      • Mono County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Topaz [Mono County].
    • Michigan
      • Ontonagon County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Topaz [Ontonagon County].
    • Missouri
      • Douglas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Topaz [Douglas County].
    • Texas
      • Erath 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 Texas community of Topaz [Erath County].
    • Utah
      • Millard County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Topaz [Millard County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Topaz ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Bingham 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 Bingham County.

ArangeeKaintuck
ArimoKilgore
  
Beaver CanonLabelle
BeaverLago
BerryLake
Birch CreekLava
  
CamasMarket Lake
CarribooMidway
Chesterfield 
ClevelandOneida
ClydeOnyx
ColsonOxford
Crater 
 Payne
Dry CreekPebble
 Platt
EdmuntisPleasant Valley
ElginPort Neuf
 Presto
Gentile Valley 
GraceRigby
Gray'sRoss Fork
  
HaddenSmall
HawgoodSoda Springs
High BridgeSquaw Creek
  
IndependanceTaylor
 Thatcher
JamestownThomas Junction
  

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 Topaz 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.









 

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