Do you know of Backus ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1898 and closed  in 1901.

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 Backus ...

We found four communities that share the name Backus.

Within Michigan, the name Backus is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Minnesota
    • Cass County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Backus [Cass County].
  • New York
    • Saint Lawrence County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Backus [Saint Lawrence County].
  • Pennsylvania
    • McKean County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Backus [McKean County].
  • West Virginia
    • Fayette County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Backus [Fayette County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Backus ...

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

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

Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Livingston 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 Livingston County.