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Do you know of Benham ???

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

Our source wasn't clear whether Benham was a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Benham would be found somewhere in Emmet County, Michigan.

Communities Also Named Benham ...

We found four communities that share the name Benham.

Within Michigan, the name Benham is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Ripley County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Benham [Ripley County].
    • Kentucky
      • Harlan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Benham [Harlan County].
    • Louisiana
      • East Carroll Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Benham [East Carroll Parish].
    • North Carolina
      • Wilkes County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Benham [Wilkes County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Benham ...

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

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)

More Orphans in  Emmet 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 Emmet County.

BeahanLittlefield
Bear RiverLovey
Bells Landing 
BogardusMossville
  
CanbyNewberrys
Carpenter 
CurtisPage
 Peihl
East Wequetonsing 
EglestonReadmond
ElyRound Lake
 Rutland
Fochtman 
FormansSly
 Spring Brook
HamletStevens
Harbor Springs JunctionSunny Brook
Hinman 
 Wabememe
Indiana PointWalker
IrmaWatsonville
 Wayagamung
Lake PartWe-que-ton-sing
LakewoodWest Wequetonsing
LamsonWeyant
LarksWheeling
LeveringtonWildwood
Little Traverse 

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>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.









 

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