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Do you know of Jacksonville ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1890 and closed  in 1913.

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 Jacksonville ...

We found 55 communities that share the name Jacksonville.

There is one other community in Louisiana which is also named Jacksonville.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of another 54 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 54 communities, 53 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Louisiana ...
    • Vernon Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Jacksonville [Vernon Parish].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Calhoun County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Jacksonville [Calhoun County].
    • Arkansas
      • Pulaski County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Jacksonville [Pulaski County].
    • California
      • Tuolumne 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 Jacksonville [Tuolumne County].
    • Florida
      • Duval County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Jacksonville [Duval County].
    • Georgia
      • Greene County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Jacksonville [Greene County].
      • Telfair County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Jacksonville [Telfair County].
      • Towns County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Jacksonville [Towns County].
    • Illinois
      • Morgan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Jacksonville [Morgan County].
    • Indiana
      • Switzerland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Jacksonville [Switzerland County].
      • Vermillion 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 Indiana community of Jacksonville [Vermillion County].
    • Iowa
      • Chickasaw County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Jacksonville [Chickasaw County].
      • Clarke County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Jacksonville [Clarke County].
      • Shelby County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Jacksonville [Shelby County].
    • Kansas
      • Cherokee 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 Jacksonville [Cherokee County].
      • Jefferson 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 Kansas community of Jacksonville [Jefferson County].
      • Neosho 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 Kansas community of Jacksonville [Neosho County].
      • Smith 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 Kansas community of Jacksonville [Smith County].
    • Kentucky
      • Bourbon County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Jacksonville [Bourbon County].
      • Shelby County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Jacksonville [Shelby County].
    • Maine
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Jacksonville [Washington County].
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Jacksonville [Baltimore County].
      • Somerset 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 Maryland community of Jacksonville [Somerset County].
    • Mississippi
      • Kemper 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 Jacksonville [Kemper County].
    • Missouri
      • Gentry County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Jacksonville [Gentry County].
      • Laclede County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Jacksonville [Laclede County].
      • Randolph County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Jacksonville [Randolph County].
      • Sullivan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Jacksonville [Sullivan County].
    • Nevada
      • Nye County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Jacksonville [Nye County].
    • New Brunswick
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Jacksonville.
    • New Jersey
      • Burlington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Jacksonville [Burlington County].
      • Morris County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Jacksonville [Morris County].
    • New York
      • Onondaga County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Jacksonville [Onondaga County].
      • Tompkins County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Jacksonville [Tompkins County].
    • North Carolina
      • Onslow County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Jacksonville [Onslow County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Jacksonville.
    • Ohio
      • Adams County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Jacksonville [Adams County].
      • Athens County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Jacksonville [Athens County].
      • Clark County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Jacksonville [Clark County].
      • Crawford County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Jacksonville [Crawford County].
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Jacksonville [Jefferson County].
    • Oregon
      • Jackson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Jacksonville [Jackson County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bucks County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Jacksonville [Bucks County].
      • Centre County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Jacksonville [Centre County].
      • Indiana County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Jacksonville [Indiana County].
      • Lancaster County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Jacksonville [Lancaster County].
      • Lehigh County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Jacksonville [Lehigh County].
      • Northampton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Jacksonville [Northampton County].
    • South Carolina
      • Aiken County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Jacksonville [Aiken County].
    • Tennessee
      • Obion County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Jacksonville [Obion County].
    • Texas
      • Cherokee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Jacksonville [Cherokee County].
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Jacksonville [Washington County].
    • Vermont
      • Windham County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Jacksonville [Windham County].
    • West Virginia
      • Lewis County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Jacksonville [Lewis County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Monroe County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Jacksonville [Monroe County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Jacksonville ...

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

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 Jacksonville - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station

Rand McNally Map of Louisiana (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Calcasieu 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 Calcasieu Parish.

Barnes CreekLoretta
Bear 
BeckworthMerryville
BoswellMystic
Burissa 
 Oaklin Spring
CalcasieuOberlin
Canton 
ChinaPearl
Crown PointPhillips' Bluff
 Pickett
DrewPine Hill
Dry Creek 
 Raymond
East Side 
EsterlySerpent
EvangelineSimmons
 Soileau
Greenwich VillageSugartown
Greinwich TerraceSulphur South
  
High MountTenmile
Houston RiverThompson
  
JenningsVincent
Johnson 
 Wasey
LacasineWelsh
Lake ArthurWest Lake Charles
Lake Charles Northeast 

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 Jacksonville 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 parish. 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/









 

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