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Do you know of Alma ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Alma. 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 Alma.

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Alma, so we are uncertain whether Alma is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Alma would be found somewhere in Osage County, Kansas.

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 Alma ...

We found 41 communities that share the name Alma.

There is one other community in Kansas which is also named Alma.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another 40 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 40 communities, 36 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Kansas ...
    • Wabaunsee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alma [Wabaunsee County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Clarke County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Alma [Clarke County].
    • Arizona
      • Pinal County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Alma [Pinal County].
    • Arkansas
      • Crawford County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Alma [Crawford County].
    • California
      • Santa Clara 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 Alma [Santa Clara County].
      • Santa Cruz County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Alma [Santa Cruz County].
    • Colorado
      • Park County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Alma [Park County].
    • Florida
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Alma [Jefferson County].
    • Georgia
      • Bacon County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Alma [Bacon County].
      • Decatur 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 Georgia community of Alma [Decatur County].
      • Gilmer 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 Georgia community of Alma [Gilmer County].
    • Illinois
      • Marion County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Alma [Marion County].
      • Saint Clair 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 Illinois community of Alma [Saint Clair County].
    • Louisiana
      • Pointe Coupee Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Alma [Pointe Coupee Parish].
    • Michigan
      • Gratiot County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Alma [Gratiot County].
    • Mississippi
      • Lee 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 Alma [Lee County].
    • Missouri
      • Lafayette County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Alma [Lafayette County].
    • Montana
      • Liberty County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Alma [Liberty County].
    • Nebraska
      • Harlan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Alma [Harlan County].
    • New Brunswick
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Alma.
    • New Mexico
      • Catron County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Alma [Catron County].
      • Socorro 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 New Mexico community of Alma [Socorro County].
    • New York
      • Allegany County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Alma [Allegany County].
    • North Carolina
      • Robeson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Alma [Robeson County].
    • North Dakota
      • Cavalier 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 North Dakota community of Alma [Cavalier County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Alma.
    • Ohio
      • Henry County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Alma [Henry County].
      • Ross County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Alma [Ross County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Stephens County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Alma [Stephens County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Alma.
    • Oregon
      • Lane County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Alma [Lane County].
    • Prince Edward Island
      • Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Alma.
    • Quebec
      • Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Alma.
    • South Carolina
      • Laurens 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 South Carolina community of Alma [Laurens County].
    • Texas
      • Clay 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 Alma [Clay County].
      • Ellis County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Alma [Ellis County].
      • Hidalgo County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Alma [Hidalgo County].
    • Virginia
      • Page County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Alma [Page County].
    • Washington
      • Okanogan 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 Washington community of Alma [Okanogan County].
    • West Virginia
      • Tyler 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 West Virginia community of Alma [Tyler County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Buffalo County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Alma [Buffalo County].

More Orphans in  Osage 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 Osage County.

AmericaMaxson
AntiochMcGee's
ArvillaMerrill Springs
Arvonia StationMichigan
AuroraMona City
  
Camp CreekNarrows
Carbon HillNorth Osage City
Cegnesville 
ColfaxOne Hundred and Ten Creek
CollingwoodOnion Creek
CoopersOregon
Craig 
 Panteg
DaytonPenfield
DeaversPrairie City
DelrayPrescott
Dragoon 
 Rapp
EurekaRichardson
 Ridgeway
FairfaxRock Springs
Farmersville 
FontaniaSaufoxie
FountainShireton
FremontSnowtown
 Stormont
GablesSummit
GeorgetownSuperior
Glasgow CitySwan River
GlendaleSwansea
GlenwoodSwitzer
  
HanoverTrust
  
Indiana CityUnion
Ino 
 Valley Brook
KedronVermillion
Keithville 
KinneyWakarusa
 Walton
Lamont's HillWeaver
Lexington 
Lomax StationYoung America
  

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 Alma 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.









 

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