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Do you know of South Henderson ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1878 and closed  in 1903.

Communities Also Named South Henderson ...

We found one communities that share the name South Henderson.

Within Illinois, the name South Henderson is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Carolina
      • Vance County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of South Henderson [Vance County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for South Henderson ...

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

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

More Orphans in  Henderson 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 Henderson County.

BedfordvilleIllinois Junction
Briggsville 
 Oquawaka Junction
Carthage Junction 
 Reed
Grove Farm 
 Sageland
Honey CreekSagetown
Hopper's Mills 
 Wallbaum

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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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