Do you know of Essex ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Essex. 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 Essex.
We found mention of Essex as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
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.
Communities Also Named Essex ...
We found 32 communities that share the name Essex.
There is one other community in Massachusetts which is also named Essex.
Beyond Massachusetts, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 31 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Massachusetts ...
- Essex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Essex [Essex County].
- Essex County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- White County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Essex [White County].
- California
- Humboldt County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Essex [Humboldt County].
- Nevada 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 Essex [Nevada County].
- San Bernardino County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Essex [San Bernardino County].
- Connecticut
- Middlesex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Essex [Middlesex County].
- Georgia
- Oconee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Essex [Oconee County].
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Page County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Essex [Page County].
- Kansas
- Finney 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 Essex [Finney County].
- Shawnee 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 Essex [Shawnee County].
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Essex [Baltimore County].
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Quitman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Essex [Quitman County].
- Missouri
- Stoddard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Essex [Stoddard County].
- Montana
- Flathead County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Essex [Flathead County].
- Nevada
- Washoe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Essex [Washoe County].
- New Jersey
- New York
- Essex County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Essex [Essex County].
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ramsey County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Essex [Ramsey County].
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Essex.
- Vermont
- Washington
- Thurston County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Essex [Thurston County].
- West Virginia
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Essex ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Essex:
Shell Oil Road Map for Massachusetts (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company
The FIPS database contains an entry for Essex.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 25/21885 (Place Name: Essex)
County: Suffolk (FIPS State/County: 25/025)
Class: U4
Identifies a populated place (ie- Essex) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.
More Orphans in Suffolk 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 Suffolk 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 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 Essex 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. |