Do you know of Wells ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Wells. 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 Wells.
We found mention of Wells as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Morgan County, Kentucky.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1925 and closed in 1937.
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 Wells ...
We found 42 communities that share the name Wells.
There are two communities within Kentucky that are also named Wells.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another 40 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 40 communities, 40 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Kentucky ...
- Martin County
- Muhlenberg County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Wells [Muhlenberg County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- Please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Wells.
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Wells.
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Wells [Hillsborough County].
- Georgia
- Murray County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Wells [Murray County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Miami County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Wells [Miami County].
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Maine
- York County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Wells [York County].
- Michigan
- Allegan 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 Michigan community of Wells [Allegan County].
- Antrim 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 Michigan community of Wells [Antrim County].
- Arenac 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 Michigan community of Wells [Arenac County].
- Delta County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wells [Delta County].
- Tuscola 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 Michigan community of Wells [Tuscola County].
- Minnesota
- Faribault County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Wells [Faribault County].
- Mississippi
- Attala 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 Wells [Attala County].
- Lowndes County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Wells [Lowndes County].
- Rankin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Wells [Rankin County].
- Missouri
- Nevada
- Elko County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Wells [Elko County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Wells.
- New Mexico
- San Miguel County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Wells [San Miguel County].
- New York
- Chemung 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 York community of Wells [Chemung County].
- Hamilton County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Wells [Hamilton County].
- North Dakota
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Bradford 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 Wells [Bradford County].
- Indiana County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Wells [Indiana County].
- South Carolina
- Orangeburg County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Wells [Orangeburg County].
- Tennessee
- Shelby County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Wells [Shelby County].
- Texas
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Wells [Salt Lake County].
- Vermont
- Rutland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Wells [Rutland County].
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Marshall County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Wells [Marshall County].
- Wisconsin
- Calumet County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Wells [Calumet County].
- Alaska
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Wells ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Wells:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
The FIPS database contains an entry for Wells.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 21/81408 (Place Name: Wells)
County: Morgan (FIPS State/County: 21/175)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Wells) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Morgan 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 Morgan County.
| Bangor | Jeston |
| Burg | |
| Buskirk | Lick Branch |
| Loveland | |
| Demond | |
| Demund | Morgan |
| Dorsie | |
| Nannie | |
| Elam | |
| Elder | Omer |
| Goodsey | Paragon |
| Head Of Paint | Saltillo |
| Henry | Steele |
| Insko | Wells Hill |
| Williams |
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 Wells 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/ |