Do you know of Bay Colony ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bay Colony. 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 Bay Colony.
Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Bay Colony, so we are uncertain whether Bay Colony is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Bay Colony would be found somewhere in Cook County, Illinois.
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.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Bay Colony ...
We found four communities that share the name Bay Colony.
Within Illinois, the name Bay Colony is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- Sussex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Bay Colony [Sussex County].
- Maryland
- Worcester County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Bay Colony [Worcester County].
- New York
- Nassau County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Bay Colony [Nassau County].
- Virginia
- Virginia Beach City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Bay Colony [Virginia Beach City].
More Orphans in Cook 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 Cook County.