Do you know of Nelson ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Nelson. 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 Nelson.<1>
We found mention of Nelson as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Kent 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 1856 and closed in 1880.
Communities Also Named Nelson ...
We found 53 communities that share the name Nelson.
There are two communities within Michigan that are also named Nelson.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 51 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 51 communities, 50 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Cheboygan County
- Saginaw County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Nelson [Saginaw County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Nelson.
- California
- Butte County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Nelson [Butte County].
- Colorado
- Morgan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Nelson [Morgan County].
- Georgia
- Cherokee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Nelson [Cherokee County].
- Idaho
- Clearwater County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Nelson [Clearwater County].
- Oneida County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Nelson [Oneida County].
- Shoshone County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Nelson [Shoshone County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Cloud County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Nelson [Cloud County].
- Crawford 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 Kansas community of Nelson [Crawford County].
- Kentucky
- Clark County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Nelson [Clark County].
- Muhlenberg County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Nelson [Muhlenberg County].
- Wolfe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Nelson [Wolfe County].
- Louisiana
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Nelson.
- Maryland
- Minnesota
- Douglas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Nelson [Douglas County].
- Missouri
- Saline County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Nelson [Saline County].
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nuckolls County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Nelson [Nuckolls County].
- Nevada
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Nelson [Clark County].
- New Hampshire
- Cheshire County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Nelson [Cheshire County].
- New York
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Nelson [Madison County].
- Steuben County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Nelson [Steuben County].
- North Carolina
- Durham County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Nelson [Durham County].
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Choctaw County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Nelson [Choctaw County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Nelson.
- Oregon
- Baker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Nelson [Baker County].
- Pennsylvania
- Tioga County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Nelson [Tioga County].
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Ellis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Nelson [Ellis County].
- Utah
- Davis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Nelson [Davis County].
- Virginia
- Mecklenburg County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Nelson [Mecklenburg County].
- York County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Nelson [York County].
- Washington
- Kittitas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Nelson [Kittitas County].
- Skamania County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Nelson [Skamania County].
- West Virginia
- Boone County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Nelson [Boone County].
- Wisconsin
- Buffalo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Nelson [Buffalo County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Nelson ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Nelson:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
More Orphans in Kent 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 Kent County.
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> | 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 Nelson 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. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |