Do you know of Deer Grove ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Deer Grove. 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 Deer Grove.<1>
Our sources for Deer Grove (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 Deer Grove other than they indicate that Deer Grove would be found somewhere in Cook County, Illinois.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1846 and closed in 1857.
Communities Also Named Deer Grove ...
We found one communities that share the name Deer Grove.
There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Deer Grove.
Beyond Illinois.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Whiteside County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Deer Grove [Whiteside County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Deer Grove ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Deer Grove:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)
More Orphans in Cook 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 Cook 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/ |