Do you know of South America ???

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

Our sources for South America (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 South America other than they indicate that South America would be found somewhere in Saline County, Illinois.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1853 and closed  in 1907.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for South America ...

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

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 South America - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Rand McNally Map of Illinois (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Rand McNally Map (1881)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Saline 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 Saline County.