Do you know of Montebello ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Montebello. 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 Montebello.

We found mention of Montebello as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Hancock County, Illinois.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1830 and closed  in 1853.

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.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Montebello ...

We found six communities that share the name Montebello.

Within Illinois, the name Montebello is unique.

Beyond Illinois, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, four are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • California
    • Los Angeles County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Montebello [Los Angeles County].
  • New York
    • Rockland County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Montebello [Rockland County].
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Montebello.
  • Pennsylvania
    • Perry County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Montebello [Perry County].
  • Quebec
    • Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Montebello.
  • Virginia
    • Nelson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Montebello [Nelson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Montebello ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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  Hancock 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 Hancock County.