Do you know of Gower ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Gower. 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 Gower.<1> Our sources for Gower (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 Gower other than they indicate that Gower would be found somewhere in DuPage County, Illinois. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1870 and closed in 1895. Communities Also Named Gower ...We found two communities that share the name Gower. Within Illinois, the name Gower is unique. Beyond Illinois, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gower ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Gower: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Gower - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
More Orphans in DuPage 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 DuPage County. Footnotes ...
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