Do you know of Maxwell ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Maxwell. 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 Maxwell.
We found mention of Maxwell as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Bay County, Michigan.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1875 and closed in 1880.
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 Maxwell ...
We found 32 communities that share the name Maxwell.
Within Michigan, the name Maxwell is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 32 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 32 communities, 30 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Tuscaloosa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Maxwell [Tuscaloosa County].
- Arkansas
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Maxwell [Pike County].
- California
- Colusa County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Maxwell [Colusa County].
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Story County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Maxwell [Story County].
- Kentucky
- Daviess County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Maxwell [Daviess County].
- Mississippi
- Nebraska
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Maxwell [Lincoln County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Maxwell.
- New Jersey
- Burlington County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Maxwell [Burlington County].
- New Mexico
- Colfax County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Maxwell [Colfax County].
- New York
- Livingston County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Maxwell [Livingston County].
- North Carolina
- Columbus 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 North Carolina community of Maxwell [Columbus County].
- Henderson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Maxwell [Henderson County].
- Oklahoma
- Pontotoc County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Maxwell [Pontotoc County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Maxwell.
- Oregon
- Linn 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 Oregon community of Maxwell [Linn County].
- Umatilla County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Maxwell [Umatilla County].
- Pennsylvania
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Maxwell [Fayette County].
- Luzerne 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 Maxwell [Luzerne County].
- Tennessee
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Maxwell [Franklin County].
- Knox 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 Tennessee community of Maxwell [Knox County].
- Texas
- Caldwell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Maxwell [Caldwell County].
- Collin 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 Texas community of Maxwell [Collin County].
- Virginia
- Tazewell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Maxwell [Tazewell County].
- West Virginia
- Pleasants County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Maxwell [Pleasants County].
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Maxwell ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Maxwell:
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)
More Orphans in Bay 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 Bay 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 Maxwell 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/ |