Do you know of Nippersink ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1880 and closed  in 1902.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Nippersink ...

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

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

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.