Do you know of Foss ???

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

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

Communities Also Named Foss ...

We found five communities that share the name Foss.

Within Michigan, the name Foss is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Nevada County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Foss [Nevada County].
- British Columbia
  - Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Foss.
- Oklahoma
  - Washita County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Foss [Washita County].
- Oregon
  - Tillamook County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Foss [Tillamook County].
- West Virginia
  - Summers 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 West Virginia community of Foss [Summers County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Foss ...

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

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 Foss.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 26/29840 (Place Name: Foss)

County: Bay (FIPS State/County: 26/017)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Foss) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in Bay 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 Bay County.

Footnotes ...

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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.

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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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Foss 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.