Do you know of Ostend ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1846 and closed  in 1878.

Communities Also Named Ostend ...

We found one communities that share the name Ostend.

Within Illinois, the name Ostend is unique.

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

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

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Ostend ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

More Orphans in  McHenry 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 McHenry County.