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

Our sources for Lovejoy (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 Lovejoy other than they indicate that Lovejoy would be found somewhere in Saint Clair County, Illinois.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1891.

Communities Also Named Lovejoy ...

We found seven communities that share the name Lovejoy.

Within Illinois, the name Lovejoy is unique.

Beyond Illinois, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Plumas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Lovejoy [Plumas County].
    • Georgia
      • Clayton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Lovejoy [Clayton County].
    • Kansas
      • Clay County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lovejoy [Clay County].
    • Missouri
      • Cape Girardeau County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Lovejoy [Cape Girardeau County].
    • North Carolina
      • Montgomery County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Lovejoy [Montgomery County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Indiana County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Lovejoy [Indiana County].
    • Tennessee
      • Overton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Lovejoy [Overton County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lovejoy ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Lovejoy - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Lovejoy.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 17/44992   (Place Name: Lovejoy (corporate and RR name Brooklyn))

County: St. Clair     (FIPS State/County: 17/163)

Class: C4

More Orphans in  Saint Clair 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 Saint Clair County.

Alma 
Atlee OglesMaplewood
 Monsanto
Bellevue ParkMorris Hills
Benevolent HeightsMud Creek
Bluff View Park 
Booster StationNew Pittsburgh
Branch 
Bridge JunctionO'Fallon Depot
 O'Fallon Junction
CarrierOakland
CasseyvilleOld Harmony
Centreville Station 
Chateau TerraceParkfield Terrace
Chenot PlacePittsburg
ChurchPlaza
ConePontiac Station
Coral GablePowder Creek
Country Club PlacePowder Mill Woods
Country Club TerracePrairie du Pont
Crest HavenProspect Park
Creswell 
Crossroad TerraceRaib's
CrownRankin
 Relay Station
Dutch HillRidge Prairie Heights
DykeRidge Prairie
 Risdon
Emerald TerraceRiver Incline
Enterprise MineRock Spring
 Round House
Fairview 
Four Mile CrossingSchuremann
 Scott Air Force Base
GrasslandScott
Griswold PlaceScottdale
 Sellinger
HannoverSouth Junction
HarmonyStone Quarry
HeinrichvilleStookey Station
HenryvilleStookey
High PrairieSugar Loaf Heights
High SwitchSugar Loaf
Highwood TerraceSummerson
Highwood 
HollandiaTolson
HomesteadTwelve Mile Prairie
 Twilight Terrace
Illinoistown 
 Valley Junction
JeffersonVilla Hills
Johnson's MineViner
  
Knecht MinesWalmar
KneippWard's
 West Belleville
LakeWhite Oak
Lakeland HillsWillard
Lansdowne 
LenzYoch's
Lowland 

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>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Lovejoy could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>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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