Do you know of Bethsaida ???

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

We found mention of Bethsaida as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Coles County, Illinois.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1836 and closed  in 1848.

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 Bethsaida ...

We found three communities that share the name Bethsaida.

Within Illinois, the name Bethsaida is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Franklin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Bethsaida [Franklin County].
  • Mississippi
    • Neshoba County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Bethsaida [Neshoba County].
  • Texas
    • Cass County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bethsaida [Cass County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bethsaida ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

More Orphans in  Coles 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 Coles County.