Do you know of Kirby ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Kirby. 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 Kirby.

We found mention of Kirby as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Washtenaw County, Michigan.

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.

Communities Also Named Kirby ...

We found nineteen communities that share the name Kirby.

There is one other community in Michigan which is also named Kirby.

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

Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Van Buren County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Kirby [Van Buren County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
  - Yavapai County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Kirby [Yavapai County].
- Arkansas
  - Pike County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Kirby [Pike County].
- Georgia
  - Emanuel County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Kirby [Emanuel County].
- Indiana
  - Monroe County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Kirby [Monroe County].
- Maine
  - Franklin County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Kirby [Franklin County].
- Mississippi
  - Franklin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Kirby [Franklin County].
  - Webster County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Kirby [Webster County].
- Missouri
  - Shelby County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Kirby [Shelby County].
- Montana
  - Big Horn County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Kirby [Big Horn County].
- Ohio
  - Wyandot County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Kirby [Wyandot County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Kirby.
- Pennsylvania
  - Greene County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Kirby [Greene County].
- Tennessee
  - Macon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Kirby [Macon County].
- Texas
  - Bexar County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Kirby [Bexar County].
- Washington
  - Garfield County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Kirby [Garfield County].
- West Virginia
  - Hampshire County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Kirby [Hampshire County].
- Wisconsin
  - Monroe County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Kirby [Monroe County].
- Wyoming
  - Hot Springs County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Kirby [Hot Springs County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Kirby ...

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

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)

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

More Orphans in Washtenaw 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 Washtenaw County.

Footnotes ...

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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 Kirby 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.