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Do you know of Navan ???

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

Our sources for Navan (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 Navan other than they indicate that Navan would be found somewhere in Genesee County, Michigan.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1886 and closed  in 1902.

Communities Also Named Navan ...

We found three communities that share the name Navan.

Within Michigan, the name Navan is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Winneshiek County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Navan [Winneshiek County].
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Navan.
    • Wisconsin
      • Jefferson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Navan [Jefferson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Navan ...

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

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Navan - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

More Orphans in  Genesee 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 Genesee County.

Atwood Junction 
 Lewis
Beecher Heights 
BeltMcGrew
Branch SidingMontrose Station
 Mott Park
CodyMount Morris Station
CragoMundy
Crapo Farm 
CrapoNorth Flint
CrockersvilleNorth Linden
 North Side
Davison Station 
DawsonOtterburn
  
East FlintPaxton
East ThetfordPotters Lake
Egypt 
ElginRichfield
ElkRogers
  
FentonvilleShoecraft
Flint River JunctionSouth Flint
 Sprague
Gaines StationStony Run
Genesee Village 
 Thread
HamiltonTorrey
Horton 
 West Flint
KearsargeWinchester Village
Kearsley 

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>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 Navan 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.
<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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