Do you know of Midland ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Midland. 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 Midland.
Our sources for Midland (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 Midland other than they indicate that Midland would be found somewhere in Republic County, Kansas.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1876 and closed in 1878.
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 Midland ...
We found 38 communities that share the name Midland.
There are three communities within Kansas that are also named Midland.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another 35 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 35 communities, 35 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Sebastian County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Midland [Sebastian County].
- California
- Riverside County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Midland [Riverside County].
- Colorado
- Teller County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Midland [Teller County].
- Florida
- Polk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Midland [Polk County].
- Georgia
- Muscogee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Midland [Muscogee County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Greene County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Midland [Greene County].
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Acadia Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Midland [Acadia Parish].
- Maryland
- Allegany County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Midland [Allegany County].
- Massachusetts
- Norfolk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Midland [Norfolk County].
- Michigan
- Midland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Midland [Midland County].
- Missouri
- Crawford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Midland [Crawford County].
- Montana
- Carter County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Midland [Carter County].
- Nebraska
- Knox County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Midland [Knox County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Midland.
- New Jersey
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Midland.
- North Carolina
- Cabarrus County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Midland [Cabarrus County].
- Ohio
- Clinton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Midland [Clinton County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Midland.
- Oregon
- Klamath County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Midland [Klamath County].
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Haakon County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Midland [Haakon County].
- Tennessee
- Rutherford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Midland [Rutherford County].
- Texas
- Midland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Midland [Midland County].
- Virginia
- Fauquier County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Midland [Fauquier County].
- Washington
- Pierce County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Midland [Pierce County].
- West Virginia
- Randolph County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Midland [Randolph County].
- Wisconsin
- Douglas 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 Wisconsin community of Midland [Douglas County].
- Marquette 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 Wisconsin community of Midland [Marquette County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Midland ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Midland:
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 Midland - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
More Orphans in Republic 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 Republic County.
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 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 Midland 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/ |