Do you know of Opheim ???

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

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

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 Opheim ...

We found one communities that share the name Opheim.

Within Illinois, the name Opheim is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Montana
    • Valley County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Opheim [Valley County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Opheim ...

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

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Opheim.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 17/56211   (Place Name: Opheim)

County: Henry     (FIPS State/County: 17/073)

Class: U6

Identifies a populated place (ie- Opheim) that is wholly or substantially located outside the boundaries of any incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) that has an authoritative common name recognized by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Henry 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 Henry County.