Do you know of Fort Sheridan ???

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

Our sources for Fort Sheridan (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 Fort Sheridan other than they indicate that Fort Sheridan would be found somewhere in Lake County, Illinois.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Fort Sheridan ...

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

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Fort Sheridan - 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)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Fort Sheridan.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 17/27143   (Place Name: Fort Sheridan (U.S. Army))

County: Lake     (FIPS State/County: 17/097)

Class: M1

More Orphans in  Lake 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 Lake County.