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Do you know of Dorr ???

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

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

Communities Also Named Dorr ...

We found two communities that share the name Dorr.

There is one other community in Michigan which is also named Dorr.

Beyond Michigan, there is another community also named Dorr in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Michigan ...
    • Allegan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Dorr [Allegan County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • West Virginia
      • Monroe County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Dorr [Monroe County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Dorr ...

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

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 Dorr - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in  Midland 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 Midland County.

Anderson 
Averill's StationHubbard
  
BarnesJam
Bluffs 
BradfordLee's Corner
BrierLuman
  
ColdenPosyville
Crane 
 Sanfordville
DibbleSmiths Crossing
 Stearns
Gray 
GreendaleWright's Bridge

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.