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Do you know of Geneva ???

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

Our source wasn't clear whether Geneva was a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Geneva would be found somewhere in Van Buren County, Michigan.

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 Geneva ...

We found 40 communities that share the name Geneva.

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

Beyond Michigan, we know of another 39 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 39 communities, 38 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Michigan ...
    • Lenawee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Geneva [Lenawee County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Geneva County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Geneva [Geneva County].
      • Marengo County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Geneva [Marengo County].
    • Arkansas
      • Sevier County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Geneva [Sevier County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Geneva [Hillsborough County].
      • Orange County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Geneva [Orange County].
      • Seminole County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Geneva [Seminole County].
    • Georgia
      • Talbot County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Geneva [Talbot County].
    • Idaho
      • Bear Lake County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Geneva [Bear Lake County].
    • Illinois
      • Kane County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Geneva [Kane County].
      • Scott County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Geneva [Scott County].
    • Indiana
      • Adams County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Geneva [Adams County].
      • Shelby County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Geneva [Shelby County].
    • Iowa
      • Benton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Geneva [Benton County].
      • Franklin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Geneva [Franklin County].
    • Kansas
      • Allen County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Geneva [Allen County].
    • Kentucky
      • Henderson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Geneva [Henderson County].
      • Lincoln County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Geneva [Lincoln County].
    • Minnesota
      • Freeborn County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Geneva [Freeborn County].
    • Missouri
      • Dunklin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Geneva [Dunklin County].
    • Nebraska
      • Fillmore County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Geneva [Fillmore County].
    • Nevada
      • Lander County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Geneva [Lander County].
    • New York
      • Ontario County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Geneva [Ontario County].
    • North Carolina
      • Rockingham County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Geneva [Rockingham County].
    • North Dakota
      • Kidder County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Geneva [Kidder County].
    • Ohio
      • Ashtabula County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Geneva [Ashtabula County].
      • Fairfield County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Geneva [Fairfield County].
      • Hardin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Geneva [Hardin County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Geneva.
    • Oregon
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Geneva [Jefferson County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Crawford County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Geneva [Crawford County].
    • Quebec
      • Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Geneva.
    • Rhode Island
      • Providence County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Geneva [Providence County].
    • South Dakota
      • Roberts County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Geneva [Roberts County].
    • Tennessee
      • Wayne County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Geneva [Wayne County].
    • Texas
      • McLennan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Geneva [McLennan County].
      • Sabine County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Geneva [Sabine County].
    • Utah
      • Utah County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Geneva [Utah County].
    • Washington
      • Whatcom County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Geneva [Whatcom County].
    • West Virginia
      • Roane County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Geneva [Roane County].

More Orphans in  Van Buren 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 Van Buren County.

Antwerp 
Armstrong CornersKeelersville
 Kirby
Banksons LakeKirk
Barrison 
Bear Lake MillsLake Cora
Brandywine LakeLake Mill
Brown's Mills 
Brownwood LakeMaple Forest
 Maple Lake
CabletonMill Lake
Cedar LakeMillers
Christie Lake 
ColumbiaNewbre
Corwin 
 Packard
DeerfieldPine Grove Mills
 Porter
Eagle LakeProspect Lake
Emanuel 
 Roosevelt Hills
Fruitland 
 Saddle Lake
GoblesvilleSand Lake
GoblevilleSeverns
Gravel Lake 
GrossThomas
 Three Mile Lake
Harrison 
Hills SidingWaverly
HookerWest Geneva
HornerWhite Oak

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Geneva 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.









 

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