Do you know of Belford ???

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

We found mention of Belford as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Oakland County, Michigan.

Communities Also Named Belford ...

We found five communities that share the name Belford.

Within Michigan, the name Belford is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
  - Decatur County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Belford [Decatur County].
- New Jersey
  - Monmouth County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Belford [Monmouth County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Belford.
- Pennsylvania
  - Clearfield County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Belford [Clearfield County].
- South Dakota
  - Aurora County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Belford [Aurora County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Belford ...

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

Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Belford - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office 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.

Alert
Algerville	Keatington
Amy	Kensington
Anderson Settlement	Kent
Auburn
Austin	La Salle Gardens
Avon	Lake Elizabeth
	Lake Sherwood
Bagley's Corner	Lincoln
Baileys Wye	Little Springs
Baker	Long Lake Shores
Bald Eagle	Loon Lake
Bald Mountain	Lyon
Ball Mountain
Banks Park	Mahopac
Bay City Crossing	Marion
Beddow	Meadow Lake Farms
Belford Station	Mount Pleasant
Belt Line	Myrtle
Benson
Big Pinery	Niles Corner
Birmingham Farms	Niles
Bloomfield Center	North Oxford
Bloomfield Glens	Northfield Hills
Bloomfield Highlands	Northland Center
Bloomfield Village	Novi Corners
Boomers
Brandon	Oak Hill
Brooklands	Oak Island
Buckhorn	Olive Branch
	Orchard Beach
Cass Lake	Orion Junction
Chase's Corners
Chittendens	Perrysburg Settlement
Circle City	Perrysburg
Circle	Perryville Mill
Clark's Corners	Perryville
Clarkston Station	Piety Hill
Co-Tu-Ma-Bi Bluffs	Pine Lake
Colberry Park	Plainville
Cole	Pontiac Lake
Colerain
Cottage Corners	Quakertown North
Council Corners
Cranbrook	Randall Beach
Crawford's Corners	Rochester Junction
	Rose Center
Demingsburg	Rose
Durkee	Rudds

Eagle Lake	Seymour Lake
Eames Settlement	Shoup
Eames Station	Sibley's Corners
Eames	Slaters Pit
East Farmington	Sly Farms
East White Lake	Solome
Eastover Farms	South Grand Blanc
Eco City	Southfield Center
Elizabeth Lake	Spring Mills
	Stearn Mill
Fairbanks	Stiles
Fairfield	Stone Shop
Farmington Junction	Stony Run
Federal Station	Straights
Fortuneville	Straits Lake
Four Corners	Straits
Franklin Knolls	Styles
	Summit
Gardnersville
Gilbert	Taylorsville
Gingell	Thayer
Gingellmont	Thompson's Corners
Goodison Station	Trombley
Goodison's Crossing	Troy Center
Groveland Cottage	Troy Corners
Groveland	Twin Beach
Grover
	Union Corners
Halsey	Urbanrest
Hamilton's Corner
Harmon	Valley Mills
Hastings
Hersey's Mill	Walnut Lake
Hickory Heights	Walnut
Hickville	Walter's Lake
Highland Corners	Washington Heights
Highland Spring Mills	West Bloomfield
Highland Station	West Farmington
Hollister	West Novi
Holly Mills	West Pontiac
Hopkin's Mill	West Utica
Hunter's Corner	Westchester Village
Huron Gardens	Westwood
Huron Heights	Wheeler
Husted Settlement	White Lake Center
	Willit's Corner
Independence	Windiate
	Wing Lake Shores
Jenks	Wixom Station
Jersey
Judah Lake	Yate's Crossing

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>

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Belford 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.