Do you know of Rhodes ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Rhodes. 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 Rhodes.<1>
Our sources for Rhodes (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 Rhodes other than they indicate that Rhodes would be found somewhere in Cook County, Illinois.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1890 and closed in 1903.
Communities Also Named Rhodes ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Rhodes.
Within Illinois, the name Rhodes is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, nineteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Butler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Rhodes [Butler County].
- California
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Rhodes [Hillsborough County].
- Indiana
- Vermillion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Rhodes [Vermillion County].
- Iowa
- Marshall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Rhodes [Marshall County].
- Kansas
- Anderson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rhodes [Anderson County].
- Dickinson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rhodes [Dickinson County].
- Louisiana
- Iberville Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Rhodes [Iberville Parish].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Rhodes.
- Michigan
- Gladwin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Rhodes [Gladwin County].
- Montcalm County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Rhodes [Montcalm County].
- Mississippi
- Jones County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Rhodes [Jones County].
- Montana
- Flathead County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Rhodes [Flathead County].
- Nevada
- Mineral County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Rhodes [Mineral County].
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- Bertie County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Rhodes [Bertie County].
- Cumberland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Rhodes [Cumberland County].
- Ohio
- Stark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rhodes [Stark County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Rhodes.
- Virginia
- Isle of Wight County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Rhodes [Isle of Wight County].
- Washington
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Rhodes ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Rhodes:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Rhodes - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office
The FIPS database contains an entry for Rhodes.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 17/63459 (Place Name: Rhodes)
County: Cook (FIPS State/County: 17/031)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Rhodes) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Cook 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 Cook County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Rhodes 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |