Do you know of Porter ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Porter. 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 Porter.
We found mention of Porter as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Van Buren 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.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1849 and closed in 1862.
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 Porter ...
We found 30 communities that share the name Porter.
There are two communities within Michigan that are also named Porter.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 29 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Menominee County
- Midland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Porter [Midland County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Porter [Jefferson County].
- Arkansas
- California
- Calaveras County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Porter [Calaveras County].
- Colorado
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Porter [New Castle County].
- Georgia
- Bleckley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Porter [Bleckley County].
- Indiana
- Porter County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Porter [Porter County].
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Oxford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Porter [Oxford County].
- Minnesota
- Yellow Medicine County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Porter [Yellow Medicine County].
- Missouri
- Scott County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Porter [Scott County].
- New Mexico
- New York
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Porter [Washington County].
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Wagoner County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Porter [Wagoner County].
- Pennsylvania
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Porter [Jefferson County].
- Tennessee
- Dickson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Porter [Dickson County].
- Texas
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Porter [Montgomery County].
- Washington
- Grays Harbor County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Porter [Grays Harbor County].
- West Virginia
- Clay County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Porter [Clay County].
- Tucker 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 West Virginia community of Porter [Tucker County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Porter ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Porter:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
More Orphans in Van Buren 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 Van Buren 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 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 Porter 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/ |