Do you know of Alpena ???

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

Our sources for Alpena (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 Alpena other than they indicate that Alpena would be found somewhere in Lewis County, Kentucky.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1890 and closed  in 1892.

Communities Also Named Alpena ...

We found five communities that share the name Alpena.

Within Kentucky, the name Alpena is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Arkansas
    • Boone County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Alpena [Boone County].
  • Michigan
    • Alpena County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Alpena [Alpena County].
  • Nova Scotia
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Alpena.
  • South Dakota
    • Jerauld County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Alpena [Jerauld County].
  • West Virginia
    • Randolph County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Alpena [Randolph County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Alpena ...

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

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 Alpena - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Lewis 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 Lewis County.