Do you know of Peters ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Peters. 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 Peters.
Our sources for Peters (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 Peters other than they indicate that Peters would be found somewhere in Madison County, Illinois.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1885 and closed in 1913.
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 Peters ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Peters.
Within Illinois, the name Peters is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Marshall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Peters [Marshall County].
- Arkansas
- Lee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Peters [Lee County].
- California
- San Joaquin County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Peters [San Joaquin County].
- Florida
- Miami-Dade County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Peters [Miami-Dade County].
- Kansas
- Michigan
- Lake County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Peters [Lake County].
- Saint Clair County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Peters [Saint Clair County].
- Nebraska
- Sheridan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Peters [Sheridan County].
- North Dakota
- Logan County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Peters [Logan County].
- South Carolina
- Lexington County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Peters [Lexington County].
- Texas
- Austin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Peters [Austin County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Peters ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Peters:
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 Peters - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Peters.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 17/59299 (Place Name: Peters)
County: Madison (FIPS State/County: 17/119)
Class: U4
Identifies a populated place (ie- Peters) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.
More Orphans in Madison 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 Madison County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Peters 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |