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Do you know of Goodwell ???

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

Our sources for Goodwell (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Goodwell other than they indicate that Goodwell would be found somewhere in Newaygo County, Michigan.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1898 and closed  in 1909.

Communities Also Named Goodwell ...

We found one communities that share the name Goodwell.

Within Michigan, the name Goodwell is unique.

Beyond Michigan, there is another community also named Goodwell in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Oklahoma
      • Texas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Goodwell [Texas County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Goodwell ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Newaygo 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 Newaygo County.

Alderson 
 Marl Lake
BailiesMcClean
BakersMcCool
BartonMcLanes
BrookingsMcLeans
BrooksMerritts
 Monroeville
Cardinal JunctionMorgan
Cole Creek 
 Nassons
Diamond LakeNewaygo Lakes
Diamond LochNorths Siding
DickinsonNorwich
Drew 
 Oak Grove
Eastman 
EnsleyPalmerville
ErwinPark City
 Park
FieldParks
FieldsPattersons
Fremont LakePickeral Creek
  
GilbertRay
GroveReeves
 Robys Junction
HarrounRyerson
Hayes Siding 
Hess LakeSimmonds
HolmdaleSisson
HungerfordStiles
 Swains Crossing
Jackson Crossing 
JewellTrumbulls Siding
  
KenoUhl
Kinney 
KirkVincent
Kopje 
 West Troy Junction
LakeWest Troy
Lilley JunctionWilcox
LumbertonWorcester

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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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