Do you know of Briggsville ???

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

Our sources for Briggsville (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 Briggsville other than they indicate that Briggsville would be found somewhere in Henderson County, Illinois.

Communities Also Named Briggsville ...

We found six communities that share the name Briggsville.

Within Illinois, the name Briggsville is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Yell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Briggsville [Yell County].
- California
  - Shasta County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Briggsville [Shasta County].
- Massachusetts
  - Berkshire County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Briggsville [Berkshire County].
- North Carolina
  - Madison 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 North Carolina community of Briggsville [Madison County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Luzerne County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Briggsville [Luzerne County].
- Wisconsin
  - Marquette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Briggsville [Marquette County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Briggsville ...

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

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Briggsville - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

More Orphans in Henderson 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 Henderson County.

Bedfordville
	Oquawaka Junction
Carthage Junction
	Reed
Grove Farm
	Sageland
Honey Creek	Sagetown
Hopper's Mills	South Henderson

Illinois Junction	Wallbaum

Footnotes ...

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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.

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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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Briggsville 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.