Do you know of Gilbert ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Gilbert. 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 Gilbert.
We found mention of Gilbert as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Oakland 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.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1857 and closed in 1862.
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 Gilbert ...
We found 32 communities that share the name Gilbert.
There are two communities within Michigan that are also named Gilbert.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Newaygo County
- Wexford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Gilbert [Wexford County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Saint Clair County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Gilbert [Saint Clair County].
- Arizona
- Maricopa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Gilbert [Maricopa County].
- Arkansas
- Searcy County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Gilbert [Searcy County].
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Story County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Gilbert [Story County].
- Kansas
- Meade 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 Kansas community of Gilbert [Meade County].
- Mitchell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Gilbert [Mitchell County].
- Kentucky
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Gilbert [Lincoln County].
- Louisiana
- Franklin Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Gilbert [Franklin Parish].
- Minnesota
- Morrison 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 Minnesota community of Gilbert [Morrison County].
- Saint Louis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Gilbert [Saint Louis County].
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Dunklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Gilbert [Dunklin County].
- Nevada
- Esmeralda County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Gilbert [Esmeralda County].
- New York
- Seneca County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Gilbert [Seneca County].
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Muskingum County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Gilbert [Muskingum County].
- Oklahoma
- Grant County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Gilbert [Grant County].
- Oregon
- Multnomah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Gilbert [Multnomah County].
- Pennsylvania
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Gilbert [Monroe County].
- South Carolina
- Lexington County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Gilbert [Lexington County].
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Angelina 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 Gilbert [Angelina County].
- Palo Pinto County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Gilbert [Palo Pinto County].
- Virginia
- Albemarle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Gilbert [Albemarle County].
- Washington
- Okanogan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Gilbert [Okanogan County].
- West Virginia
- Logan 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 West Virginia community of Gilbert [Logan County].
- Mingo County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Gilbert [Mingo County].
- Wisconsin
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Gilbert [Lincoln County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gilbert ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Gilbert:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
More Orphans in Oakland 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 Oakland County.
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 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 Gilbert 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |