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Do you know of Saxony ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Saxony. 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 Saxony.<1>

Our sources for Saxony (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 Saxony other than they indicate that Saxony would be found somewhere in Lake County, Indiana.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1886 and closed  in 1905.

Communities Also Named Saxony ...

We found two communities that share the name Saxony.

Within Indiana, the name Saxony is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Livingston County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Saxony [Livingston County].
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Saxony [Jefferson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Saxony ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Saxony:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Saxony - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

More Orphans in  Lake 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 Lake County.

AmbridgeLake Front
AmsworthLanthus
ArmourLineville
  
BonairMahoning
BrookwoodMarina Dunes
 Meadowdale
CalumetMiller Beach
CasselloMillers
Clark Road 
Clarke StationNorth Hammond
Clarke 
Concord CommonsOregon Heights
CreamburgOutlet
Curtis 
 Paisley
DalecarliaPine Junction
  
East Cedar LakeRanburn Woods
East GaryRedesdale
East Point TerraceRexville
EdgemoorRoby
  
Field'sSheddfield
Forest HillsSheffield
ForsythShererville
 South Gary
GalesSouth Hammond
Georgia HeightsSouthmoor
Glen Park EastState Line Station
Glen Park WestState Line
GoffStockton
GrasselliStrathmore
GrassmereSuburban Gardens
 Sugar Creek
Hanover CentreSussex Woods
Harbor 
HaysToleston
Hickory PointTurkey Creek South
Hosford 
 Wagner
Joliet PitWater Valley
 West Creek
KelleyWest Gary
KerwinWest Glen Park
 Wilson

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>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Saxony 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.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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