Do you know of Berry ???

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

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

Communities Also Named Berry ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Berry.

Within Michigan, the name Berry is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Fayette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Berry [Fayette County].
- Alaska
  - 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 Alaska community of Berry.
- Arizona
  - Mohave County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Berry [Mohave County].
- Arkansas
  - Baxter County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Berry [Baxter County].
- Florida
  - Polk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Berry [Polk County].
- Idaho
  - Bingham 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 Idaho community of Berry [Bingham County].
- Illinois
  - Sangamon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Berry [Sangamon County].
- Kentucky
  - Carter 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 Kentucky community of Berry [Carter County].
  - Harrison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Berry [Harrison County].
- Maryland
  - Charles County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Berry [Charles County].
- North Carolina
  - Rockingham 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 North Carolina community of Berry [Rockingham County].
- Oklahoma
  - Cleveland 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 Oklahoma community of Berry [Cleveland County].
- Quebec
  - Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Berry.
- South Carolina
  - Spartanburg 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 Carolina community of Berry [Spartanburg County].
- Tennessee
  - Dickson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Berry [Dickson County].
- Texas
  - Bowie 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 Texas community of Berry [Bowie County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Berry ...

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

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)

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Berry.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 26/07880 (Place Name: Berry)

County: Muskegon (FIPS State/County: 26/121)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Berry) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in Muskegon 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 Muskegon County.

Avondale	Lakeside
	Lincoln Meadows
Big Rapids Junction	Lincoln Park
Bixby	Linderman
Black Lake	Long Beach
Blue Lake
Bluffton	Maplehurst
Brentwood	Meadowbrook
Brickton	Mile Creek
Brook Park	Milliron Park
Brookside	Mona Beach
Brookwood	Mona Lake
	Mona Shores
Califf	Mona View
Canada's Corners	Mona Vista
Carleton	Moon
Churchill
Claremont	Norton Oaks
	Norton
Dash	Nortondale
Dock Station
	Oakdale
Eagleston	Opdyke
Edgewood
Emens	Parkview Terrace
Emerson Highlands	Pickand
Evenwood	Pickands Junction
	Port Sherman
Farmwood
Ferndale	Ritter Hills
Fruitport Junction	Roodmont
	Ruddiman Terrace
Glenside Gardens
Glenside	Seminole Park
Green Creek	Shaw
	Simpson
Hall's	Slocum's Grove
Harbor Haven	Spires
Harbor Hills	Summer Haven
Harbor Park	Sweet
Harwood	Sweets
Highland View
Hines Crossing	Toledo Crossing
Howard	Trent

Indian Village	Voss
Interlaken
	West Plains
Kanitz	West Roodmont
	Westwood
Lake Harbor Hills	White Lake Junction
Lake Harbor Point	White River
Lake Harbor	Wildwood
Lake

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Berry 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.