Do you know of Davis ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Davis. 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 Davis.
Our sources for Davis (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 Davis other than they indicate that Davis would be found somewhere in Starke County, Indiana.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1886 and closed in 1902.
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 Davis ...
We found 50 communities that share the name Davis.
There is one other community in Indiana which is also named Davis.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another 49 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 49 communities, 49 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Indiana ...
- LaPorte County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Davis [LaPorte County].
- LaPorte County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Yolo County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Davis [Yolo County].
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Davis [Hillsborough County].
- Georgia
- Appling County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Davis [Appling County].
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- Scott County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Davis [Scott County].
- Louisiana
- Catahoula Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Davis [Catahoula Parish].
- La Salle Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Davis [La Salle Parish].
- Saint Charles Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Davis [Saint Charles Parish].
- Maine
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Davis [Franklin County].
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Macomb County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Davis [Macomb County].
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Clarke County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Davis [Clarke County].
- Lowndes 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 Mississippi community of Davis [Lowndes County].
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Davis [Madison County].
- Missouri
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- North Carolina
- Carteret County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Davis [Carteret County].
- Ohio
- Carroll County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Davis [Carroll County].
- Portage County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Davis [Portage County].
- Richland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Davis [Richland County].
- Scioto 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 Ohio community of Davis [Scioto County].
- Summit County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Davis [Summit County].
- Oklahoma
- Garvin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Davis [Garvin County].
- Pennsylvania
- Indiana County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Davis [Indiana County].
- McKean 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 Pennsylvania community of Davis [McKean County].
- Tioga 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 Pennsylvania community of Davis [Tioga County].
- Saskatchewan
- Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Davis.
- South Dakota
- Turner County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Davis [Turner County].
- Tennessee
- Loudon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Davis [Loudon County].
- Shelby 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 Tennessee community of Davis [Shelby County].
- Texas
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Davis [Salt Lake County].
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Rockbridge County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Davis [Rockbridge County].
- Washington
- Pacific County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Davis [Pacific County].
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- Carbon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Davis [Carbon County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Davis ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Davis:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Davis - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office
Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)
More Orphans in Starke 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 Starke County.
| Alldine | Kankakee |
| Bass | Lake City |
| Brandtwood | |
| North Bend | |
| Hartz Lake | |
| River Side | |
| Jackson | Rye |
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 Davis 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/ |