Do you know of Cummings ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Cummings. 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 Cummings.
Our sources for Cummings (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 Cummings other than they indicate that Cummings would be found somewhere in Vigo County, Indiana.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1903 and closed in 1909.
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 Cummings ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Cummings.
Within Indiana, the name Cummings is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- El Dorado 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 California community of Cummings [El Dorado County].
- Mendocino County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Cummings [Mendocino County].
- Florida
- Indian River County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Cummings [Indian River County].
- Orange 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 Florida community of Cummings [Orange County].
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Atchison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Cummings [Atchison County].
- Maine
- York County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Cummings [York County].
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- New York
- North Dakota
- Traill County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Cummings [Traill County].
- Ohio
- Wood County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Cummings [Wood County].
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Hampton County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Cummings [Hampton County].
- Tennessee
- White County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Cummings [White County].
- Texas
- Sterling 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 Cummings [Sterling County].
- Williamson 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 Texas community of Cummings [Williamson County].
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Cummings [Salt Lake County].
- California
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cummings ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Cummings:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)
More Orphans in Vigo 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 Vigo 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 Cummings 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/ |