Do you know of Briggs ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Briggs. 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 Briggs.
Our sources for Briggs (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Briggs other than they indicate that Briggs would be found somewhere in Mason 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 Briggs ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Briggs.
Within Illinois, the name Briggs is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- California
- Los Angeles County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Briggs [Los Angeles County].
- Ventura County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Briggs [Ventura County].
- Florida
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Whitley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Briggs [Whitley County].
- Kansas
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Douglas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Briggs [Douglas County].
- New York
- Saint Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Briggs [Saint Lawrence County].
- Ohio
- Cuyahoga County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Briggs [Cuyahoga County].
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Briggs [Washington County].
- Oklahoma
- Cherokee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Briggs [Cherokee County].
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Humphreys County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Briggs [Humphreys County].
- Unicoi County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Briggs [Unicoi County].
- Texas
- Utah
- Davis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Briggs [Davis County].
- Virginia
- Clarke County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Briggs [Clarke County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Briggs ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Briggs:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Briggs - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office
More Orphans in Mason 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 Mason County.
| Quiver | |
| West Havanna |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Briggs 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. |