Do you know of Burnham Village ???

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

Our sources for Burnham Village (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 Burnham Village other than they indicate that Burnham Village would be found somewhere in Waldo County, Maine.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1835 and closed  in 1894.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Burnham Village ...

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

More Orphans in  Waldo County ...

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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 Waldo County.