Do you know of Willow Springs ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Willow Springs. 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 Willow Springs.
Our sources for Willow Springs (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 Willow Springs other than they indicate that Willow Springs would be found somewhere in Douglas County, Kansas.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1861 and closed in 1900.
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 Willow Springs ...
We found 29 communities that share the name Willow Springs.
There are two communities within Kansas that are also named Willow Springs.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Franklin 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 Kansas community of Willow Springs [Franklin County].
- Mitchell 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 Kansas community of Willow Springs [Mitchell County].
- Franklin County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Elmore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Willow Springs [Elmore County].
- Arizona
- Coconino County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Willow Springs [Coconino County].
- California
- Kern County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Willow Springs [Kern County].
- Lassen 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 Willow Springs [Lassen County].
- Mono County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Willow Springs [Mono County].
- Tuolumne County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Willow Springs [Tuolumne County].
- Colorado
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Willow Springs [Jefferson County].
- Illinois
- Cook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Willow Springs [Cook County].
- Missouri
- Howell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Willow Springs [Howell County].
- Nebraska
- Garfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Willow Springs [Garfield County].
- Nevada
- Nye County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Willow Springs [Nye County].
- New Mexico
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Willow Springs [Union County].
- North Carolina
- Johnston County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Willow Springs [Johnston County].
- Wake County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Willow Springs [Wake County].
- Oklahoma
- Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma community of Willow Springs [Oklahoma County].
- Pennsylvania
- Columbia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Willow Springs [Columbia County].
- Westmoreland 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 Pennsylvania community of Willow Springs [Westmoreland County].
- Tennessee
- Hamblen County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Willow Springs [Hamblen County].
- Texas
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Willow Springs [Fayette County].
- Gregg 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 Willow Springs [Gregg County].
- Rains County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Willow Springs [Rains County].
- San Jacinto County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Willow Springs [San Jacinto County].
- Virginia
- Fairfax County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Willow Springs [Fairfax County].
- Russell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Willow Springs [Russell County].
- West Virginia
- Ohio County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Willow Springs [Ohio County].
- Wisconsin
- Waukesha County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Willow Springs [Waukesha County].
- Wyoming
- Crook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Willow Springs [Crook County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Willow Springs ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Willow Springs:
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 Willow Springs - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Rand McNally Map of Kansas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Douglas 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 Douglas 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Willow Springs 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/ |