Do you know of Wickliffe ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Wickliffe. 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 Wickliffe.
We found mention of Wickliffe as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Cook County, Illinois.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1842 and closed in 1856.
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 Wickliffe ...
We found seven communities that share the name Wickliffe.
Within Illinois, the name Wickliffe is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Crawford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Wickliffe [Crawford County].
- Kentucky
- Ballard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Wickliffe [Ballard County].
- Louisiana
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Wickliffe [Pointe Coupee Parish].
- Ohio
- Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Wickliffe [Lake County].
- Mahoning County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Wickliffe [Mahoning County].
- Oklahoma
- Mayes County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Wickliffe [Mayes County].
- Virginia
- Clarke County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wickliffe [Clarke County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Wickliffe ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Wickliffe:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
More Orphans in Cook 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 Cook County.