Do you know of Branch ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Branch. 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 Branch.<1>

We found mention of Branch 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 Branch ...

We found fifteen communities that share the name Branch.

Within Illinois, the name Branch is unique.

Beyond Illinois, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Franklin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Branch [Franklin County].
- Kansas
  - Jewell County
  - We 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 Branch [Jewell County].
- Kentucky
  - Harrison County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Branch [Harrison County].
- Louisiana
  - Acadia Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Branch [Acadia Parish].
- Michigan
  - Delta County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Branch [Delta County].
- Minnesota
  - Chisago County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Branch [Chisago County].
- Mississippi
  - Scott County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Branch [Scott County].
- Missouri
  - Camden County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Branch [Camden County].
- Nebraska
  - Cedar County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Branch [Cedar County].
- New York
  - Suffolk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Branch [Suffolk County].
  - Ulster County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Branch [Ulster County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
  - Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Branch.
- Pennsylvania
  - Mercer County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Branch [Mercer County].
- Texas
  - Collin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Branch [Collin County].
- Wisconsin
  - Manitowoc County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Branch [Manitowoc County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Branch ...

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

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Branch - 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.

Alma
Atlee Ogles	Maplewood
	Monsanto
Bellevue Park	Morris Hills
Benevolent Heights	Mud Creek
Bluff View Park
Booster Station	New Pittsburgh
Bridge Junction
	O'Fallon Depot
Carrier	O'Fallon Junction
Casseyville	Oakland
Centreville Station	Old Harmony
Chateau Terrace
Chenot Place	Parkfield Terrace
Church	Pittsburg
Cone	Plaza
Coral Gable	Pontiac Station
Country Club Place	Powder Creek
Country Club Terrace	Powder Mill Woods
Crest Haven	Prairie du Pont
Creswell	Prospect Park
Crossroad Terrace
Crown	Raib's
	Rankin
Dutch Hill	Relay Station
Dyke	Ridge Prairie Heights
	Ridge Prairie
Emerald Terrace	Risdon
Enterprise Mine	River Incline
	Rock Spring
Fairview	Round House
Four Mile Crossing
	Schuremann
Grassland	Scott Air Force Base
Griswold Place	Scott
	Scottdale
Hannover	Sellinger
Harmony	South Junction
Heinrichville	Stone Quarry
Henryville	Stookey Station
High Prairie	Stookey
High Switch	Sugar Loaf Heights
Highwood Terrace	Sugar Loaf
Highwood	Summerson
Hollandia
Homestead	Tolson
	Twelve Mile Prairie
Illinoistown	Twilight Terrace

Jefferson	Valley Junction
Johnson's Mine	Villa Hills
	Viner
Knecht Mines
Kneipp	Walmar
	Ward's
Lake	West Belleville
Lakeland Hills	White Oak
Lansdowne	Willard
Lenz
Lovejoy	Yoch's
Lowland

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Branch 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.