Do you know of Bengal ???

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

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

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 1850 and closed  in 1888.

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 Bengal ...

We found five communities that share the name Bengal.

Within Michigan, the name Bengal is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Indiana
    • Shelby County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bengal [Shelby County].
  • Kentucky
    • Taylor County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Bengal [Taylor County].
  • Minnesota
    • Itasca County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Bengal [Itasca County].
  • Missouri
    • Christian County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bengal [Christian County].
  • Oklahoma
    • Latimer County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Bengal [Latimer County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bengal ...

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

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

More Orphans in  Clinton 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 Clinton County.