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Do you know of Cain ???

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

Our sources for Cain (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Cain other than they indicate that Cain would be found somewhere in Rice County, Kansas.

Communities Also Named Cain ...

We found two communities that share the name Cain.

Within Kansas, the name Cain is unique.

Beyond Kansas, there is another community also named Cain in the United States.

In addition to the above occurrences of Cain, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Crawford County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Cain [Crawford County].
  • Communities Beyond North America ...
    • Guatemala
      • We haven't found the location of this Cain

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cain ...

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

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

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

Rand McNally Map of Kansas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Rice 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 Rice County.

Allegan 
 New Cincinnati
BargestownNoble
Beach Valley 
 Plum Buttes
CoopersburgPolland
Cow Creek RanchProdco
 Purdyville
Dacey 
 Sorghum
FairpointStone Corral
Farmer 
Four MileUnion City
  
Glen SharraldViolet Springs
 Voyls
Jarvis View 
 Walnut Creek
Kansas CenterWayside
Kansas Midland CrossingWheeler's Ranch
 Wildwood
Little Arkansas 
LodianaZulu

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.









 

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