Do you know of French Island ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about French Island. 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 French Island.<1>
We found mention of French Island as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Spencer County, Indiana.
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.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1847 and closed in 1869.
Communities Also Named French Island ...
We found one communities that share the name French Island.
Within Indiana, the name French Island is unique.
Beyond Indiana, there is another community also named French Island in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Wisconsin
- La Crosse County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of French Island [La Crosse County].
- Wisconsin
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for French Island ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about French Island:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
More Orphans in Spencer 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 Spencer County.
| Anderson River | |
| Madrid | |
| Bradley | Millers |
| Christmas Lake Village | New Hope |
| Grand View | Oakland |
| Huff | Pedigo |
| Lake Lincoln | Sandale |
| Lake | |
| Lincoln | Yearbyville |
| Luceville |
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> | 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |