Do you know of Seymour ???

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

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

Communities Also Named Seymour ...

We found 22 communities that share the name Seymour.

Within Michigan, the name Seymour is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, 21 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Bibb County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Seymour [Bibb County].
- Arkansas
  - Craighead 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 Arkansas community of Seymour [Craighead County].
- Connecticut
  - New Haven County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Seymour [New Haven County].
- Georgia
  - Jackson 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 Georgia community of Seymour [Jackson County].
  - Putnam 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 Georgia community of Seymour [Putnam County].
- Illinois
  - Champaign County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Seymour [Champaign County].
- Indiana
  - Jackson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Seymour [Jackson County].
- Iowa
  - Wayne County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Seymour [Wayne County].
- Kansas
  - Rush 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 Kansas community of Seymour [Rush County].
- Kentucky
  - Hart County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Seymour [Hart County].
- Missouri
  - Webster County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Seymour [Webster County].
- Nebraska
  - Douglas 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 Nebraska community of Seymour [Douglas County].
- Nevada
  - Nye County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Seymour [Nye County].
- North Dakota
  - Richland 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 North Dakota community of Seymour [Richland 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 Seymour.
- Tennessee
  - Sevier County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Seymour [Sevier County].
- Texas
  - Baylor County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Seymour [Baylor County].
  - Hopkins 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 Texas community of Seymour [Hopkins County].
- West Virginia
  - Lewis 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 West Virginia community of Seymour [Lewis County].
  - Mineral County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Seymour [Mineral County].
- Wisconsin
  - Eau Claire County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Seymour [Eau Claire County].
  - Outagamie County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Seymour [Outagamie County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Seymour ...

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

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.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Seymour.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 26/72600 (Place Name: Seymour)

County: Kent (FIPS State/County: 26/081)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Seymour) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

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.

Ashley	Logan
Austerlitz	Loomisville
Avenue Juncion	Lorenzo
	Lowell Station
Ball Creek	Lyman
Ballards
Bostwick	Madison Square
Bowen	Malta
Bowne	McCords
Braceville	Mill Creek Junction
Brannin	Mill Creek
Bristol	Muskegon Junction
Brownville
Burchs Mill	Nelson
Burton Heights	North Brownville
Bushs	North Bryon
Byron	North Cannon
	North Grand Rapids
Caledonia Station	North Park
Camp Lake	Northgate
Chapel	Norths Mill
Child's Mill	Northville
Child's Mills
Cortland Centre	O'Brien
Cortland	Oakdale Park
Crosby	Oakdale
Cuba	Oakfield Center
	Orlando Park
Dewey
Dickson	Pantlind
	Paris
Eagle Mills	Park
Eardly	Paul
Eastern Heights	Plainfield Heights
Elkerton	Plaster Creek Junction
Elmdale	Plaster Creek
	Pleasant
Fernald	Pratt Lake
Fisher
Flat River	Reeds Lake
Fox Station	Reeds
Fox	Rogers Heights
Franklin	Rogers
Fuller
	Saddlebag Siding
Gaines	Saginaw Crossing
Gainesville	Saxon
Glenwood Forest	Seymour Square
Godwin Heights	Silver Lake
Godwin	Slayton
Gooding	Solvay
Grahamville	Somerville
Grant	South Grand Rapids
Grattan Center	South Rockford
Griswold	South Sparta
	Southkent
Hammond	Spencer's Mill
Harris Creek	Stewarts
Hillcrest	Sunnyside
Hills and Dales
Hughart	Tolands
	Tyrone
Indian Creek
Indiana Junction	Ula
Ivanrest
	Velzy
Kelloggsville	Vergennes
Kellys
	Wentworth
Lafayette	West Carlisle
LaGrange	West Grand Rapids
Lamar	Westgate
Leonard Heights	White Swan
Lincoln Lake	Whitneys
Lockwood	Wyoming Park

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 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 Seymour 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.