Do you know of Bono ???

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

We found mention of Bono as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Douglas 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 1870 and closed  in 1875.

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 Bono ...

We found six communities that share the name Bono.

Within Illinois, the name Bono is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Arkansas
    • Craighead County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bono [Craighead County].
    • Faulkner County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bono [Faulkner County].
  • Indiana
    • Lawrence County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bono [Lawrence County].
    • Vermillion County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bono [Vermillion County].
  • Ohio
    • Lucas County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bono [Lucas County].
  • Texas
    • Johnson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bono [Johnson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bono ...

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

More Orphans in  Douglas 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 Douglas County.