Do you know of Cornville ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Cornville. 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 Cornville.<1>
Our sources for Cornville (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Cornville other than they indicate that Cornville would be found somewhere in La Salle County, Illinois.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1855 and closed in 1871.
Communities Also Named Cornville ...
We found two communities that share the name Cornville.
Within Illinois, the name Cornville is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cornville ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Cornville:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)
More Orphans in La Salle 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 La Salle County.
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> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |