Do you know of Gun Marsh ???

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

Our sources for Gun Marsh (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 Gun Marsh other than they indicate that Gun Marsh would be found somewhere in Allegan County, Michigan.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1854 and closed  in 1899.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gun Marsh ...

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

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 Gun Marsh - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

More Orphans in  Allegan 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 Allegan County.