Do you know of Goodrich (aka 'Goodrichs') ???

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

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

Communities Also Named Goodrich ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Goodrich.

There are five communities within Michigan that are also named Goodrich.

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

Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Genesee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Goodrich [Genesee County].
- Lake 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 Michigan community of Goodrich [Lake County].
- Marquette 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 Michigan community of Goodrich [Marquette County].
- Mason 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 Michigan community of Goodrich [Mason County].
- Oceana 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 Michigan community of Goodrich [Oceana County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Woodruff County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Goodrich [Woodruff County].
- Colorado
  - Morgan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Goodrich [Morgan County].
- Idaho
  - Adams County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Goodrich [Adams County].
- Illinois
  - Kankakee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Goodrich [Kankakee County].
- Kansas
  - Linn County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Goodrich [Linn County].
- Maine
  - Aroostook County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Goodrich [Aroostook County].
- New York
  - Tioga County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Goodrich [Tioga County].
- North Dakota
  - Sheridan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Goodrich [Sheridan County].
- Tennessee
  - Hickman County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Goodrich [Hickman County].
- Texas
  - Polk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Goodrich [Polk County].
- Washington
  - Grant 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 Washington community of Goodrich [Grant County].
- Wisconsin
  - Taylor County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Goodrich [Taylor County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Goodrich ...

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

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)

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Goodrich - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in Manistee County ...

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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 Manistee County.

Footnotes ...

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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 Goodrich 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.