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Do you know of Stone's Corners ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Stone's Corners. 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 Stone's Corners.<1>

Our sources for Stone's Corners (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 Stone's Corners other than they indicate that Stone's Corners would be found somewhere in McHenry County, Illinois.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1890 and closed  in 1893.

Communities Also Named Stone's Corners ...

We found one communities that share the name Stone's Corners.

Within Illinois, the name Stone's Corners is unique.

Beyond Illinois, there is another community also named Stone's Corners in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Stone's Corners.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Stone's Corners ...

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

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 Stone's Corners - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  McHenry 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 McHenry County.

ArthurtonLookout Point
  
Blossom HillMerona
Bright Oaks 
BrookdaleNew Blossom Hill
 North Crystal Lake
Cary StationNunda
Chrystal Lake 
CogswellOakwood Shores
CornishvilleOstend
Coventry East 
Coventry WestPistakee Bay
CoventryPistakee Hills
Crystal Lake Junction 
Crystal Lake StationRiley Center
 Riverside Park
Deep CutRoot Spring
Deep Spring Woods 
DorrShore Hills
DunhamSomerset
Dutch Creek WoodlandsSouth Riley
 State Line
ElysiumStonelake
English Prairie 
ErinTryon's Grove
 Turnberry
Harvard Junction 
Hickory FallsWest Hebron
Highland ShoresWest McHenry
Huntley GroveWhiskey Corners
 Whispering Hills
Indian RidgeWhite Oaks Bay
 Wonder View
Lake KillarneyWonder Woods
Lakeland ParkWooded Shores
Loco Prairie 

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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