Do you know of Klondike ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Klondike. 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 Klondike.
Our sources for Klondike (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 Klondike other than they indicate that Klondike would be found somewhere in Oceana County, Michigan.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1898 and closed in 1908.
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 Klondike ...
We found 32 communities that share the name Klondike.
There is one other community in Michigan which is also named Klondike.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 31 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Tuscaloosa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Klondike [Tuscaloosa County].
- Walker 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 Alabama community of Klondike [Walker County].
- Arkansas
- Saline County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Klondike [Saline County].
- California
- San Bernardino County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Klondike [San Bernardino County].
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Tippecanoe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Klondike [Tippecanoe County].
- Iowa
- Lyon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Klondike [Lyon County].
- Kentucky
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Klondike [Montgomery County].
- Maryland
- Allegany County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Klondike [Allegany County].
- Mississippi
- Kemper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Klondike [Kemper County].
- Missouri
- Nevada
- Esmeralda County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Klondike [Esmeralda County].
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Sherman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Klondike [Sherman County].
- Pennsylvania
- McKean County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Klondike [McKean County].
- Tioga County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Klondike [Tioga County].
- Westmoreland 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 Pennsylvania community of Klondike [Westmoreland County].
- South Carolina
- Horry County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Klondike [Horry County].
- Tennessee
- Hawkins County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Klondike [Hawkins County].
- Texas
- West Virginia
- Monongalia County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Klondike [Monongalia County].
- Wisconsin
- Yukon
- Please visit our profile page for the Yukon community of Klondike.
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Klondike ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Klondike:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Klondike.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 26/43740 (Place Name: Klondike)
County: Oceana (FIPS State/County: 26/127)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Klondike) 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 Oceana County ...
Can you help?
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 Oceana County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Klondike 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |