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Do you know of Grosvenor ???

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

Our sources for Grosvenor (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 Grosvenor other than they indicate that Grosvenor would be found somewhere in Lenawee County, Michigan.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1874 and closed  in 1880.

Communities Also Named Grosvenor ...

We found three communities that share the name Grosvenor.

Within Michigan, the name Grosvenor is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Nova Scotia
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Grosvenor.
    • Ohio
      • Athens County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Grosvenor [Athens County].
    • Texas
      • Brown County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Grosvenor [Brown County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Grosvenor ...

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

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

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 Grosvenor - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Grosvenor.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 26/35600   (Place Name: Grosvenor)

County: Lenawee     (FIPS State/County: 26/091)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Grosvenor) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Lenawee 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 Lenawee County.

BalchNorth Fayette
Baldwins Crossing 
BatemanOak Beach
BimoOneida
Blissfield JunctionOntario
BonneyOsborn
  
CambridgePackard
Chase'sPage
ClayPalmyra Junction
CorbusPentacost
CowhamPrairie Siding
 Putnam
Dominican 
DoverQuaker
  
East DoverRaisin Centre Station
East OgdenRaisin
EnnisRome
Evans LakeRound Lake
 Russell Siding
Fairfields 
FairportSaint Josephs
Fruit RidgeSand Lake Corners
 Sand Lake
GormanSisson
 South Adrian
HarrisonSouth Woodstock
 Stan
Kelleys PitStevens
KnightsStoddard
 Sutton
Lake Rest 
Lake RidgeTecumseh Junction
LanesvilleThurber
Leaf 
LenaweeVictorsville
Lima Junction 
 Walworth
MadisonWapano
MarvinWest Ogden
MendonWindom
MusonWood
 Woodstock
North AdrianWoodward

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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