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Do you know of Oosoola ???

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

We found mention of Oosoola as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Somerset County, Maine.

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 1849 and closed  in 1856.

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.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Oosoola ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Somerset 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 Somerset County.

AlderbrookMadison Center
AskwithMaxfield
Austin JunctionMayfield
 Misery
Big Squaw MountainMoosehead
Bingham Center 
BlackwellNorridgewock Center
BowtonNorth Cornville
Bowtown 
 Otis Hill
Carritunk 
Chase StreamPalmyra Station
ConcordParlin Pond
Costons CornerPenobscot Lake Town
 Pierce Pond
Dead River PlantationPishon's
Dead RiverPittsfield Center
Detroit StationPittston Farm
Dole BrookPleasant Ridge
  
East AthensRevere
East Fairfield 
East PittsfieldSandbar Tract
Embden CentreSandwich
 Sandy Bay
Fairfield CompactSapling
Five CornersSawtelle Crossing
 Skowhegan Center
Good Will FarmSouth Anson
 South Norridgewock
HalfwaySouth Smithfield
 Squaretown
Indian Stream 
 Taunton & Raynham Academy Grant
Jackman StationTomhegan
Jackmantown 
JerusalemUpper Enchanted
  
KibbyWest Madison
 West Pittsfield
Lower EnchantedWest Ripley
  

Footnotes ...

<1>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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