Do you know of Sheldon ???

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

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

Communities Also Named Sheldon ...

We found 24 communities that share the name Sheldon.

There is one other community in Michigan which is also named Sheldon.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 23 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Wayne County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Sheldon [Wayne County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
  - Greenlee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Sheldon [Greenlee County].
- California
  - Sacramento County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Sheldon [Sacramento County].
- Illinois
  - Iroquois County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Sheldon [Iroquois County].
- Indiana
  - Allen 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 Indiana community of Sheldon [Allen County].
- Iowa
  - O'Brien County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Sheldon [O'Brien County].
- Kansas
  - Harvey County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Sheldon [Harvey County].
  - Sedgwick 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 Sheldon [Sedgwick County].
- Minnesota
  - Houston County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Sheldon [Houston County].
- Missouri
  - Vernon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Sheldon [Vernon County].
- Montana
  - Missoula 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 Montana community of Sheldon [Missoula County].
- New York
  - Wyoming County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Sheldon [Wyoming County].
- North Dakota
  - Ransom County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Sheldon [Ransom County].
- Ohio
  - Ottawa County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Sheldon [Ottawa County].
  - Perry County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Sheldon [Perry County].
  - Pickaway County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Sheldon [Pickaway County].
  - Vinton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Sheldon [Vinton 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 Sheldon.
- Pennsylvania
  - Luzerne 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 Pennsylvania community of Sheldon [Luzerne County].
  - Susquehanna 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 Pennsylvania community of Sheldon [Susquehanna County].
- South Carolina
  - Beaufort County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Sheldon [Beaufort County].
- Texas
  - Harris County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Sheldon [Harris County].
- Vermont
  - Franklin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Sheldon [Franklin County].
- Wisconsin
  - Rusk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Sheldon [Rusk County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Sheldon ...

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

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 Ottawa 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 Ottawa 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>

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 Sheldon 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.