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Do you know of Henderson Station ???

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

Our sources for Henderson Station (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 Henderson Station other than they indicate that Henderson Station would be found somewhere in Ford County, Illinois.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1873 and closed  in 1895.

Communities Also Named Henderson Station ...

We found one communities that share the name Henderson Station.

Within Illinois, the name Henderson Station is unique.

Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Henderson Station in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Venango County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Henderson Station [Venango County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Henderson Station ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Henderson Station - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

More Orphans in  Ford 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 Ford County.

BrentonLaHogue
Button 
 New Brenton
East Bend 
EldredgevilleSodom
 Sugar Loaf
Kempton Junction 
Kirk'sVan Steinberg Siding
  

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/









 

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