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Do you know of Coal Mines ???

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

We found mention of Coal Mines as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Will 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.

Communities Also Named Coal Mines ...

We found three communities that share the name Coal Mines.

Within Illinois, the name Coal Mines is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Vermillion 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 Indiana community of Coal Mines [Vermillion County].
      • Warrick 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 Indiana community of Coal Mines [Warrick County].
    • Kentucky
      • Hancock 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 Kentucky community of Coal Mines [Hancock County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Coal Mines ...

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

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Coal Mines - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in  Will 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 Will County.

Arbor TrailsJackson Creek
  
Bird's BridgeLewood
Boling GreenLillecash
Bonnie BreaLong John
Bridge Junction 
Brookforest NorthMonterey Village
BrunningMullins
Burr Oaks 
 Pattersons
ChelseaPeerless
The ClustersPheasant Ridge
College ViewPine Meadow
CollinsPinecrest
 Plaines
Dellwood HighlandsPort Ridge
DupagePrairie Creek
 Prestwick
East Wheatland 
EndorRobin Hill
 Rooney Heights
Fiday View 
Frankfort StationSollitt
Franklin SquareSteele Station
Fry's Wheatland ViewSunny Land
 Sunrise Ridge
Gravel BankSwiss Valley
Green Garden 
GreenbriarTamtrack
GrintonTimberline
 Twin Oaks
Hampton 
Horse CreekWestfield
 Wood Hill
International Village 
 Zarley's

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 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 Coal Mines 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.









 

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