Do you know of Rome ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Rome. 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 Rome.<1>
Our sources for Rome (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 Rome other than they indicate that Rome would be found somewhere in Jefferson County, Illinois.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1852 and closed in 1865.
Communities Also Named Rome ...
We found 35 communities that share the name Rome.
There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Rome.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Peoria County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Rome [Peoria County].
- Peoria County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Covington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Rome [Covington County].
- Arkansas
- Arkansas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Rome [Arkansas County].
- Georgia
- Floyd County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Rome [Floyd County].
- Indiana
- Perry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Rome [Perry County].
- Iowa
- Henry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Rome [Henry County].
- Kansas
- Ellis 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 Rome [Ellis County].
- Franklin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rome [Franklin County].
- Sumner County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rome [Sumner County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Livingston Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Rome [Livingston Parish].
- Maine
- Kennebec County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Rome [Kennebec County].
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Douglas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Rome [Douglas County].
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Adams County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rome [Adams County].
- Ashtabula County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rome [Ashtabula County].
- Delaware County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rome [Delaware County].
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rome [Franklin County].
- Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rome [Lawrence County].
- Morrow County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rome [Morrow County].
- Richland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rome [Richland County].
- Stark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rome [Stark County].
- Oregon
- Malheur County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Rome [Malheur County].
- Pennsylvania
- Bradford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Rome [Bradford County].
- South Carolina
- Williamsburg County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Rome [Williamsburg County].
- Tennessee
- Smith County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Rome [Smith County].
- Texas
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Rome [Jefferson County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Rome ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Rome:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Rand McNally Map (1881)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Rome.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 17/65390 (Place Name: Rome)
County: Jefferson (FIPS State/County: 17/081)
Class: X3
More Orphans in Jefferson 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 Jefferson 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 Rome 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/ |