Do you know of Austin ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Austin. 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 Austin.
Our sources for Austin (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Austin other than they indicate that Austin would be found somewhere in Oakland County, Michigan.
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 Austin ...
We found 42 communities that share the name Austin.
There are three communities within Michigan that are also named Austin.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 39 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 39 communities, 39 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Santa Clara County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Austin [Santa Clara County].
- Colorado
- Delta County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Austin [Delta County].
- Garfield 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 Colorado community of Austin [Garfield County].
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Twin Falls County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Austin [Twin Falls County].
- Illinois
- Cook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Austin [Cook County].
- Indiana
- Scott County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Austin [Scott County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Barren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Austin [Barren County].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Austin.
- Minnesota
- Mower County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Austin [Mower County].
- Mississippi
- Tunica County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Austin [Tunica County].
- Missouri
- Montana
- Lewis and Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Austin [Lewis and Clark County].
- Nebraska
- Sherman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Austin [Sherman County].
- Nevada
- Lander County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Austin [Lander County].
- New York
- Cattaraugus 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 New York community of Austin [Cattaraugus County].
- Cayuga County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Austin [Cayuga County].
- North Carolina
- Wilkes County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Austin [Wilkes County].
- Ohio
- Ross County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Austin [Ross County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Austin.
- Oregon
- Grant County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Austin [Grant County].
- Pennsylvania
- Potter County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Austin [Potter County].
- Quebec
- Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Austin.
- Rhode Island
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Austin [Washington County].
- South Carolina
- Laurens County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Austin [Laurens County].
- Tennessee
- Hardin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Austin [Hardin County].
- Wilson 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 Tennessee community of Austin [Wilson County].
- Texas
- Travis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Austin [Travis County].
- Utah
- Sevier County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Austin [Sevier County].
- Washington
- Wisconsin
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Austin ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Austin:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Austin - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Oakland 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 Oakland 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 Austin 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. |