Do you know of Goodland ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Goodland. 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 Goodland.<1>
We found mention of Goodland as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Wayne County, Illinois.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1902 and closed in 1904.
Communities Also Named Goodland ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Goodland.
Within Illinois, the name Goodland is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Collier County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Goodland [Collier County].
- Indiana
- Newton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Goodland [Newton County].
- Kansas
- Sherman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Goodland [Sherman County].
- Michigan
- Lapeer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Goodland [Lapeer County].
- Minnesota
- Itasca County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Goodland [Itasca County].
- Missouri
- Oklahoma
- Choctaw County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Goodland [Choctaw County].
- Texas
- Wyoming
- Goshen County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Goodland [Goshen County].
- Florida
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Goodland ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Goodland:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
More Orphans in Wayne County ...
Can you help?
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 Wayne 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> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |