Do you know of Tanner ???

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

Our sources for Tanner (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Tanner other than they indicate that Tanner would be found somewhere in Manistee County, Michigan.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1889 and closed  in 1907.

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 Tanner ...

We found ten communities that share the name Tanner.

Within Michigan, the name Tanner is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Limestone County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Tanner [Limestone County].
  • Georgia
    • Hall County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Tanner [Hall County].
    • Washington County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Tanner [Washington County].
  • Indiana
    • Greene County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Tanner [Greene County].
  • Kentucky
    • Larue County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Tanner [Larue County].
  • Missouri
    • Scott County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Tanner [Scott County].
  • New Mexico
    • McKinley County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Tanner [McKinley County].
  • Utah
    • Weber County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Tanner [Weber County].
  • Washington
    • King County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Tanner [King County].
  • West Virginia
    • Gilmer County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Tanner [Gilmer County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Tanner ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Tanner - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

More Orphans in  Manistee 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 Manistee County.