Do you know of Tyler ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Tyler. 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 Tyler.

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1841 and closed  in 1877.

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 Tyler ...

We found 22 communities that share the name Tyler.

Within Illinois, the name Tyler is unique.

Beyond Illinois, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Dallas County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Tyler [Dallas County].
  • Arkansas
    • Cleburne County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Tyler [Cleburne County].
  • California
    • Madera County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Tyler [Madera County].
  • Florida
    • Gilchrist County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Tyler [Gilchrist County].
  • Kansas
    • Sedgwick County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Tyler [Sedgwick County].
  • Kentucky
    • Fulton County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Tyler [Fulton County].
    • McCracken County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Tyler [McCracken County].
  • Maryland
    • Baltimore County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Tyler [Baltimore County].
    • Somerset County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Tyler [Somerset County].
  • Minnesota
    • Lincoln County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Tyler [Lincoln County].
  • Mississippi
    • Pearl River County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Tyler [Pearl River County].
  • Missouri
    • Pemiscot County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Tyler [Pemiscot County].
  • New Hampshire
    • Merrimack County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Tyler [Merrimack County].
  • North Dakota
    • Richland County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Tyler [Richland County].
  • Ohio
    • Jefferson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Tyler [Jefferson County].
  • Oklahoma
    • Marshall County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Tyler [Marshall County].
  • Pennsylvania
    • Clearfield County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Tyler [Clearfield County].
    • Susquehanna County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Tyler [Susquehanna County].
  • Texas
    • Smith County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Tyler [Smith County].
  • Utah
    • Salt Lake County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Tyler [Salt Lake County].
  • Washington
    • Spokane County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Tyler [Spokane County].
  • West Virginia
    • Tyler County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Tyler [Tyler County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Tyler ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

More Orphans in  Winnebago 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 Winnebago County.