Do you know of Lancasterville ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1887 and closed  in 1892.

Communities Also Named Lancasterville ...

We found one communities that share the name Lancasterville.

Within Illinois, the name Lancasterville is unique.

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

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

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lancasterville ...

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

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 Lancasterville - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

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.