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Do you know of Alma ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Alma.  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 Alma.<1> We found mention of Alma as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Saint Clair County, Illinois. Communities Also Named Alma ...We found 41 communities that share the name Alma. There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Alma. Beyond Illinois, we know of another 40 communities that are located throughout  in the United States and Canada.  Of these 40 communities, 36 are located in the United States and five are in Canada. Communities Located In Illinois ...
Marion County
Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Alma [Marion County].
 Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Clarke CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Alma [Clarke County].Arizona
Pinal CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Alma [Pinal County].Arkansas
Crawford CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Alma [Crawford County].California
Santa Clara CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<2>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Alma [Santa Clara County].Santa Cruz CountyPlease visit our profile page for the California community of Alma [Santa Cruz County].Colorado
Park CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Alma [Park County].Florida
Jefferson CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Florida community of Alma [Jefferson County].Georgia
Bacon CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Alma [Bacon County].Decatur CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<2>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Alma [Decatur County].Gilmer CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Alma [Gilmer County].Kansas
Osage CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<2>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alma [Osage County].Wabaunsee CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alma [Wabaunsee County].Louisiana
Pointe Coupee ParishPlease visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Alma [Pointe Coupee Parish].Michigan
Gratiot CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Alma [Gratiot County].Mississippi
Lee CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<2>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Alma [Lee County].Missouri
Lafayette CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Alma [Lafayette County].Montana
Liberty CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Montana community of Alma [Liberty County].Nebraska
Harlan CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Alma [Harlan County].New Brunswick
Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Alma.New Mexico
Catron CountyPlease visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Alma [Catron County].Socorro CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<2>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Alma [Socorro County].New York
Allegany CountyPlease visit our profile page for the New York community of Alma [Allegany County].North Carolina
Robeson CountyPlease visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Alma [Robeson County].North Dakota
Cavalier CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<2>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Alma [Cavalier County].Nova Scotia
Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Alma.Ohio
Henry CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Alma [Henry County].Ross CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Alma [Ross County].Oklahoma
Stephens CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Alma [Stephens County].Ontario
Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Alma.Oregon
Lane CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Alma [Lane County].Prince Edward Island
Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Alma.Quebec
Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Alma.South Carolina
Laurens CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<2>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Alma [Laurens County].Texas
Clay CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<2>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Alma [Clay County].Ellis CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Texas community of Alma [Ellis County].Hidalgo CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Texas community of Alma [Hidalgo County].Virginia
Page CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Alma [Page County].Washington
Okanogan CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<2>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Alma [Okanogan County].West Virginia
Tyler CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<2>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Alma [Tyler County].Wisconsin
Buffalo CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Alma [Buffalo County].
 Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Alma ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Alma: Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
 A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Alma - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned More Orphans in  Saint Clair 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 Saint Clair 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 Alma 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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