RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Michigan >> Kent County >> FernaldSitemap...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
Michigan


The Commemorative Quarter for Michigan







Do you know of Fernald ???

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

Our source wasn't clear whether Fernald 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 Fernald would be found somewhere in Kent County, Michigan.

Communities Also Named Fernald ...

We found three communities that share the name Fernald.

Within Michigan, the name Fernald is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Story County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Fernald [Story County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Carroll County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Fernald [Carroll County].
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Fernald [Hamilton County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Fernald ...

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

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  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.

AshleyLoomisville
AusterlitzLorenzo
Avenue JuncionLowell Station
 Lyman
Ball Creek 
BallardsMadison Square
BostwickMalta
BowenMcCords
BowneMill Creek Junction
BracevilleMill Creek
BranninMuskegon Junction
Bristol 
BrownvilleNelson
Burchs MillNorth Brownville
Burton HeightsNorth Bryon
BushsNorth Cannon
ByronNorth Grand Rapids
 North Park
Caledonia StationNorthgate
Camp LakeNorths Mill
ChapelNorthville
Child's Mill 
Child's MillsO'Brien
Cortland CentreOakdale Park
CortlandOakdale
CrosbyOakfield Center
CubaOrlando Park
  
DeweyPantlind
DicksonParis
 Park
Eagle MillsPaul
EardlyPlainfield Heights
Eastern HeightsPlaster Creek Junction
ElkertonPlaster Creek
ElmdalePleasant
 Pratt Lake
Fisher 
Flat RiverReeds Lake
Fox StationReeds
FoxRogers Heights
FranklinRogers
Fuller 
 Saddlebag Siding
GainesSaginaw Crossing
GainesvilleSaxon
Glenwood ForestSeymour Square
Godwin HeightsSeymour
GodwinSilver Lake
GoodingSlayton
GrahamvilleSolvay
GrantSomerville
Grattan CenterSouth Grand Rapids
GriswoldSouth Rockford
 South Sparta
HammondSouthkent
Harris CreekSpencer's Mill
HillcrestStewarts
Hills and DalesSunnyside
Hughart 
 Tolands
Indian CreekTyrone
Indiana Junction 
IvanrestUla
  
KelloggsvilleVelzy
KellysVergennes
  
LafayetteWentworth
LaGrangeWest Carlisle
LamarWest Grand Rapids
Leonard HeightsWestgate
Lincoln LakeWhite Swan
LockwoodWhitneys
LoganWyoming Park

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.









 

Copyright 2025
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 28 Apr 2025