Do you know of Norfolk ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Norfolk. 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 Norfolk.

We found mention of Norfolk as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Antrim County, Michigan.

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.

Communities Also Named Norfolk ...

We found fifteen communities that share the name Norfolk.

Within Michigan, the name Norfolk is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
  - Larimer County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Norfolk [Larimer County].
- Connecticut
  - Litchfield County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Norfolk [Litchfield County].
- Kansas
  - Ellis 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 Kansas community of Norfolk [Ellis County].
- Massachusetts
  - Norfolk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Norfolk [Norfolk County].
- Minnesota
  - Renville 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 Minnesota community of Norfolk [Renville County].
- Mississippi
  - DeSoto County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Norfolk [DeSoto County].
- Missouri
  - Mississippi County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Norfolk [Mississippi County].
- Nebraska
  - Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Norfolk [Madison County].
- New York
  - Saint Lawrence County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Norfolk [Saint Lawrence County].
- Oklahoma
  - Payne 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 Oklahoma community of Norfolk [Payne County].
- Ontario
  - 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 Ontario community of Norfolk.
- Oregon
  - Douglas 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 Norfolk [Douglas County].
- South Dakota
  - Sully 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 South Dakota community of Norfolk [Sully County].
- Texas
  - Rusk 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 Norfolk [Rusk County].
- Virginia
  - Norfolk City
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Norfolk [Norfolk City].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Norfolk ...

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

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)

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

More Orphans in Antrim 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 Antrim County.

Footnotes ...

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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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Norfolk 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.