Do you know of Sunrise ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Sunrise. 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 Sunrise.
Our sources for Sunrise (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 Sunrise other than they indicate that Sunrise would be found somewhere in La Salle County, Illinois.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1887 and closed in 1902.
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.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Sunrise ...
We found 41 communities that share the name Sunrise.
Within Illinois, the name Sunrise is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 41 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 41 communities, 40 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Talladega County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Sunrise [Talladega County].
- Alaska
- Please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Sunrise.
- Arizona
- Coconino County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Sunrise [Coconino County].
- Arkansas
- White County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Sunrise [White County].
- California
- Los Angeles County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Sunrise [Los Angeles County].
- Florida
- Broward County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Sunrise [Broward County].
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Sunrise [Hillsborough County].
- Sarasota County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Sunrise [Sarasota County].
- Georgia
- Fulton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Sunrise [Fulton County].
- Kentucky
- Harrison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Sunrise [Harrison County].
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Calvert County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Sunrise [Calvert County].
- Carroll County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Sunrise [Carroll County].
- Frederick County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Sunrise [Frederick County].
- Minnesota
- Chisago County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Sunrise [Chisago County].
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Merrick County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Sunrise [Merrick County].
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Sunrise.
- Ohio
- Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Sunrise [Lawrence County].
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Grainger County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Sunrise [Grainger County].
- Hickman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Sunrise [Hickman County].
- Knox County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Sunrise [Knox County].
- Macon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Sunrise [Macon County].
- Texas
- El Paso County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Sunrise [El Paso County].
- Falls County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Sunrise [Falls County].
- Hidalgo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Sunrise [Hidalgo County].
- San Augustine County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Sunrise [San Augustine County].
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Sunrise [Salt Lake County].
- Virginia
- Bath County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Sunrise [Bath County].
- Washington
- Pierce County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Sunrise [Pierce County].
- West Virginia
- Wood County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Sunrise [Wood County].
- Wyoming
- Platte County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Sunrise [Platte County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Sunrise ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Sunrise:
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 Sunrise - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Illinois (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in La Salle 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 La Salle County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Sunrise 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |