Do you know of Wann ???

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

We found mention of Wann as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Madison County, Illinois.

Communities Also Named Wann ...

We found five communities that share the name Wann.

Within Illinois, the name Wann is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Benton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Wann [Benton County].
- Michigan
  - Dickinson County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wann [Dickinson County].
- Nebraska
  - Saunders County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Wann [Saunders County].
- Nevada
  - Clark County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Wann [Clark County].
- Oklahoma
  - Nowata County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Wann [Nowata County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Wann ...

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Wann - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Wann.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 17/78760 (Place Name: Wann)

County: Madison (FIPS State/County: 17/119)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Wann) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in Madison 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 Madison County.

Allendale	Lakewood
Alton Junction	Liberty Prairie
Alton Summit	Lincoln Gardens
Arrow Wood	Lock Haven
	Long Lake
Barco	Lower Alton
Barcoville	Lowryville
Blue Fountain
Buckinn	Manix
	Marine Settlement
Cantine	Mill Spring
Carrollwood	Miller's
Chemical	Mont
Cloverleaf	Moultonville
Cochem	Mount Clair
Colonial Village
Comstock	New Hampton
Confidence	North Wood River
Cotter	Northmore
Crystal Lake	Northwoods Place
	Northwoods
D'adrian Gardens
Dewey Park	Oautoga Bluff
Dorsey's	Omph Ghent
Dunlap Lake
	Pait
East Collinsville	Patterson Heights
East Meadowbrook	Peters
Edgewood	Pine Woods
Edwardsville Crossing	Prickett
Edwardsville Junction
	Ramona Place
Federal	Reuters
Formosa	Ridgeley
Frontenac Place	Riverair
	Rosewood
Gillham
Glass Works	Sand Cut
Glen	Smooth Prairie
Glendale Gardens	Southmore
Granville	Springhaven
Greenwood Meadows	Storeyland

Hamet	Toluca
Harbor Dell	Tremont
Helvetia	Twin Lakes
Hop Hollow
Horse Shoe Lake	Venice Crossing
Huntinton Park	Villa Marie
	Villa Ridge
Jackson Heights
	White Cliffs
Kendall Hills	Whitford Place
Kinder	Wickmore
Kuhn	Wilborn
	Williams Place

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>

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Wann 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.