Do you know of Lafox ???

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

Our sources for Lafox (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 Lafox other than they indicate that Lafox would be found somewhere in Kane County, Illinois.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lafox ...

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

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Lafox.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 17/40715   (Place Name: Lafox (RR name La Fox))

County: Kane     (FIPS State/County: 17/089)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Lafox) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Kane 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 Kane County.