Do you know of Monterey ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Monterey. 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 Monterey.
Our sources for Monterey (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 Monterey other than they indicate that Monterey would be found somewhere in Allegan County, Michigan.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1851 and closed in 1905.
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 Monterey ...
We found 35 communities that share the name Monterey.
Within Michigan, the name Monterey is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 35 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Butler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Monterey [Butler County].
- Arkansas
- Cross County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Monterey [Cross County].
- California
- Monterey County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Monterey [Monterey County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Fulton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Monterey [Fulton County].
- Illinois
- Fulton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Monterey [Fulton County].
- Indiana
- Pulaski County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Monterey [Pulaski County].
- Iowa
- Davis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Monterey [Davis County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Berkshire County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Monterey [Berkshire County].
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Rankin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Monterey [Rankin County].
- Missouri
- Reynolds County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Monterey [Reynolds County].
- Nebraska
- Cuming County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Monterey [Cuming County].
- New Mexico
- Otero County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Monterey [Otero County].
- New York
- Schuyler County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Monterey [Schuyler County].
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Adams 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 Monterey [Adams County].
- Berks County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Monterey [Berks County].
- Clarion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Monterey [Clarion County].
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Monterey [Franklin County].
- Lancaster County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Monterey [Lancaster County].
- South Carolina
- Abbeville County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Monterey [Abbeville County].
- Tennessee
- Putnam County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Monterey [Putnam County].
- Texas
- Virginia
- Highland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Monterey [Highland County].
- Wisconsin
- Waukesha County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Monterey [Waukesha County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Monterey ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Monterey:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Monterey - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Monterey.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 26/55180 (Place Name: Monterey)
County: Allegan (FIPS State/County: 26/005)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Monterey) 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 Allegan 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 Allegan 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Monterey 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/ |