Do you know of Cuba ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Cuba. 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 Cuba.
We found mention of Cuba as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Kent 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 1844 and closed in 1868.
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 Cuba ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Cuba.
Within Michigan, the name Cuba is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Sumter County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Cuba [Sumter County].
- California
- Merced County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Cuba [Merced County].
- Georgia
- Early County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cuba [Early County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Republic County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Cuba [Republic County].
- Kentucky
- Graves County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Cuba [Graves County].
- Louisiana
- Ouachita Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Cuba [Ouachita Parish].
- Minnesota
- Cass County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Cuba [Cass County].
- Mississippi
- Alcorn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Cuba [Alcorn County].
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Rock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Cuba [Rock County].
- New Mexico
- Bernalillo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Cuba [Bernalillo County].
- Sandoval County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Cuba [Sandoval County].
- New York
- Allegany County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Cuba [Allegany County].
- North Carolina
- Rutherford County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Cuba [Rutherford County].
- North Dakota
- Barnes County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Cuba [Barnes County].
- Ohio
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Johnson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cuba [Johnson County].
- West Virginia
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Cuba [Jackson County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cuba ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Cuba:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
More Orphans in Kent 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 Kent County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Cuba 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |