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Do you know of Mendon ???

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

We found mention of Mendon as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Lenawee 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.<2>

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1838 and closed  in 1854.

Communities Also Named Mendon ...

We found nine communities that share the name Mendon.

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

Beyond Michigan, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Michigan ...
    • Saint Joseph County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Mendon [Saint Joseph County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Adams County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Mendon [Adams County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Mendon [Worcester County].
    • Missouri
      • Chariton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Mendon [Chariton County].
    • New York
      • Monroe County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Mendon [Monroe County].
    • Ohio
      • Mercer County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Mendon [Mercer County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Westmoreland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mendon [Westmoreland County].
    • Utah
      • Cache County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Mendon [Cache County].
    • Vermont
      • Rutland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Mendon [Rutland County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Mendon ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

More Orphans in  Lenawee 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 Lenawee County.

BalchNorth Fayette
Baldwins Crossing 
BatemanOak Beach
BimoOneida
Blissfield JunctionOntario
BonneyOsborn
  
CambridgePackard
Chase'sPage
ClayPalmyra Junction
CorbusPentacost
CowhamPrairie Siding
 Putnam
Dominican 
DoverQuaker
  
East DoverRaisin Centre Station
East OgdenRaisin
EnnisRome
Evans LakeRound Lake
 Russell Siding
Fairfields 
FairportSaint Josephs
Fruit RidgeSand Lake Corners
 Sand Lake
GormanSisson
GrosvenorSouth Adrian
 South Woodstock
HarrisonStan
 Stevens
Kelleys PitStoddard
KnightsSutton
  
Lake RestTecumseh Junction
Lake RidgeThurber
Lanesville 
LeafVictorsville
Lenawee 
Lima JunctionWalworth
 Wapano
MadisonWest Ogden
MarvinWindom
MusonWood
 Woodstock
North AdrianWoodward

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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