Do you know of Horseshoe ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Horseshoe. 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 Horseshoe.
Our sources for Horseshoe (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 Horseshoe other than they indicate that Horseshoe would be found somewhere in Allegan County, Michigan.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1890 and closed in 1903.
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.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Horseshoe ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Horseshoe.
Within Michigan, the name Horseshoe is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Horseshoe [Jackson County].
- Colorado
- Park County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Horseshoe [Park County].
- Florida
- Dixie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Horseshoe [Dixie County].
- Illinois
- Saline County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Horseshoe [Saline County].
- Mississippi
- Nevada
- Nye County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Horseshoe [Nye County].
- New York
- Saint Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Horseshoe [Saint Lawrence County].
- North Carolina
- Camden County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Horseshoe [Camden County].
- Tennessee
- Carter County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Horseshoe [Carter County].
- Virginia
- Hanover County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Horseshoe [Hanover County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Horseshoe ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Horseshoe:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Horseshoe - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
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.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |