Do you know of Bertrand ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bertrand. 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 Bertrand.

Our sources for Bertrand (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 Bertrand other than they indicate that Bertrand would be found somewhere in Winn Parish, Louisiana.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1886 and closed  in 1892.

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 Bertrand ...

We found six communities that share the name Bertrand.

Within Louisiana, the name Bertrand is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, four are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Michigan
    • Berrien County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Bertrand [Berrien County].
  • Missouri
    • Mississippi County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bertrand [Mississippi County].
  • Nebraska
    • Phelps County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Bertrand [Phelps County].
  • New Brunswick
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Bertrand.
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Bertrand.
  • Virginia
    • Lancaster County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Bertrand [Lancaster County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bertrand ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Bertrand - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Winn Parish ...

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 Winn Parish.