Do you know of Fernwood ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Fernwood. 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 Fernwood.<1>
Our sources for Fernwood (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 Fernwood other than they indicate that Fernwood would be found somewhere in Cook County, Illinois.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1884 and closed in 1894.
Communities Also Named Fernwood ...
We found 31 communities that share the name Fernwood.
Within Illinois, the name Fernwood is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 28 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Tuscaloosa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Fernwood [Tuscaloosa County].
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Fernwood.
- California
- Connecticut
- Middlesex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Fernwood [Middlesex County].
- Delaware
- Kent County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Fernwood [Kent County].
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Fernwood [Hillsborough County].
- Georgia
- Chatham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Fernwood [Chatham County].
- Clayton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Fernwood [Clayton County].
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Fernwood [Fayette County].
- Oconee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Fernwood [Oconee County].
- Troup County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Fernwood [Troup County].
- Idaho
- Benewah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Fernwood [Benewah County].
- Maryland
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Fernwood [Montgomery County].
- Mississippi
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Fernwood [Pike County].
- New Hampshire
- Sullivan County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Fernwood [Sullivan County].
- New Jersey
- Mercer County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Fernwood [Mercer County].
- New York
- Oswego County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Fernwood [Oswego County].
- Saratoga County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Fernwood [Saratoga County].
- Sullivan County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Fernwood [Sullivan County].
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Fernwood [Jefferson County].
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Clackamas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Fernwood [Clackamas County].
- Pennsylvania
- Prince Edward Island
- Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Fernwood.
- South Carolina
- Anderson County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Fernwood [Anderson County].
- Tennessee
- Hamblen County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Fernwood [Hamblen County].
- Washington
- Kitsap County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Fernwood [Kitsap County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Fernwood ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Fernwood:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Fernwood - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)
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> | 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 Fernwood 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |