Do you know of Gainesville ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Gainesville. 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 Gainesville.<1>
We found mention of Gainesville 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.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1856 and closed in 1871.
Communities Also Named Gainesville ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Gainesville.
Within Michigan, the name Gainesville is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another thirteen 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 Gainesville [Sumter County].
- Arkansas
- Greene County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Gainesville [Greene County].
- Florida
- Alachua County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Gainesville [Alachua County].
- Georgia
- Hall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Gainesville [Hall County].
- Kentucky
- Allen County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Gainesville [Allen County].
- Mississippi
- Hancock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Gainesville [Hancock County].
- Missouri
- Ozark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Gainesville [Ozark County].
- New York
- Wyoming County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Gainesville [Wyoming County].
- Tennessee
- Tipton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Gainesville [Tipton County].
- Texas
- Cooke County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Gainesville [Cooke County].
- Harrison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Gainesville [Harrison County].
- Llano County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Gainesville [Llano County].
- Virginia
- Prince William County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Gainesville [Prince William County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gainesville ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Gainesville:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
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> | 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |