Do you know of Groveland ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Groveland. 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 Groveland.<1>
Our sources for Groveland (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 Groveland other than they indicate that Groveland would be found somewhere in Oakland County, Michigan.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1835 and closed in 1901.
Communities Also Named Groveland ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Groveland.
There is one other community in Michigan which is also named Groveland.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Tuolumne County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Groveland [Tuolumne County].
- Florida
- Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Groveland [Lake County].
- Georgia
- Bibb County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Groveland [Bibb County].
- Bryan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Groveland [Bryan County].
- Chatham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Groveland [Chatham County].
- Dougherty County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Groveland [Dougherty County].
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Groveland [Fayette County].
- Idaho
- Bingham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Groveland [Bingham County].
- Illinois
- Tazewell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Groveland [Tazewell County].
- Indiana
- Putnam County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Groveland [Putnam County].
- Iowa
- Clarke County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Groveland [Clarke County].
- Kansas
- McPherson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Groveland [McPherson County].
- Massachusetts
- Essex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Groveland [Essex County].
- Minnesota
- Hennepin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Groveland [Hennepin County].
- Montana
- Meagher County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Groveland [Meagher County].
- New York
- Livingston County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Groveland [Livingston County].
- Ohio
- Fulton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Groveland [Fulton County].
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- California
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Groveland ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Groveland:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Groveland - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Oakland 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 Oakland County.
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> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Groveland 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |