Do you know of Wright ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Wright. 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 Wright.
We found mention of Wright as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in La Salle 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 1847 and closed in 1851.
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 Wright ...
We found 35 communities that share the name Wright.
There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Wright.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 34 communities, 33 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lauderdale County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Wright [Lauderdale County].
- Arkansas
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Wright.
- Florida
- Okaloosa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Wright [Okaloosa County].
- Idaho
- Kootenai County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Wright [Kootenai County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Mahaska County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Wright [Mahaska County].
- Kansas
- Ford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Wright [Ford County].
- Kentucky
- Letcher 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 Kentucky community of Wright [Letcher County].
- Muhlenberg County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Wright [Muhlenberg County].
- Louisiana
- Vermilion Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Wright [Vermilion Parish].
- Michigan
- Gratiot 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 Michigan community of Wright [Gratiot County].
- Ottawa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wright [Ottawa County].
- Minnesota
- Carlton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Wright [Carlton County].
- Mississippi
- Bolivar County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Wright [Bolivar County].
- New Mexico
- Otero County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Wright [Otero County].
- New York
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Wright [Washington County].
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Quebec
- Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Wright.
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Hale County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Wright [Hale County].
- Parker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Wright [Parker County].
- Swisher 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 Wright [Swisher County].
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Wright [Salt Lake County].
- Virginia
- Norfolk City
- 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 Virginia community of Wright [Norfolk City].
- Roanoke County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wright [Roanoke County].
- West Virginia
- Raleigh County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Wright [Raleigh County].
- Wyoming
- Campbell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Wright [Campbell County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Wright ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Wright:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
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 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 Wright 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/ |