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Do you know of Appenzell ???

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

Our sources for Appenzell (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 Appenzell other than they indicate that Appenzell would be found somewhere in Crawford County, Michigan.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1886 and closed  in 1895.

Communities Also Named Appenzell ...

We found one communities that share the name Appenzell.

Within Michigan, the name Appenzell is unique.

Beyond Michigan, there is another community also named Appenzell in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Monroe County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Appenzell [Monroe County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Appenzell ...

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

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

More Orphans in  Crawford 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 Crawford County.

AlexanderJack Pine
Au Sable RiverJudges
  
BillsKnneland
  
Clear Lake JunctionLouds Spur
Crawford 
 Mertz Branch Junction
Dale Branch 
 Portage Junction
FerrisPutnams
Forest 
FredericvilleResort
  
HansonSigsbee
Hardgrove 
Harvey BranchTylers
Horrigan 
 Wellington

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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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