Do you know of Eldred ???

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

Our sources for Eldred (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Eldred other than they indicate that Eldred would be found somewhere in Jackson County, Michigan.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1889 and closed  in 1902.

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 Eldred ...

We found seven communities that share the name Eldred.

Within Michigan, the name Eldred is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Florida
    • Saint Lucie County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Eldred [Saint Lucie County].
  • Illinois
    • Greene County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Eldred [Greene County].
  • Kansas
    • Barber County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Eldred [Barber County].
  • Minnesota
    • Polk County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Eldred [Polk County].
  • New York
    • Sullivan County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Eldred [Sullivan County].
  • Pennsylvania
    • McKean County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Eldred [McKean County].
  • Saskatchewan
    • Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Eldred.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Eldred ...

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

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

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 Eldred - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station

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

More Orphans in  Jackson 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 Jackson County.