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Do you know of Tarry ???

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

Our sources for Tarry (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 Tarry other than they indicate that Tarry would be found somewhere in Huron County, Michigan.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1891 and closed  in 1902.

Communities Also Named Tarry ...

We found one communities that share the name Tarry.

Within Michigan, the name Tarry is unique.

Beyond Michigan, there is another community also named Tarry in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Lincoln County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Tarry [Lincoln County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Tarry ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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)

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

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

More Orphans in  Huron 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 Huron County.

Adams CornersLakeside
Andersons SidingLongs
Appin 
AthertonMcIntyre
Atwater 
 New River
BartNorth Burns
Bay Port JunctionNorthburns
Berne Junction 
 Oliver
Camboro 
CanPatton
CanboroPawlowski
Clark'sPoplar Grove
Creel 
Creevy SidingRapsons Siding
CrewRescue
CrownRibble
 Robinsons
DwightRock Falls
 Rosevear
Eagle Bay 
 Sandy
Forest BayScully Siding
 Shebeon
GoodmanSigel
GottsSoule
Grassmere 
 Verona Mills
Halls SidingVestaburgh
Hayes 
HobsonWadsworth
HuronWallace
 Watrous
JohnsonWindsor
 Winsor
KilkennyWolfton
Krohns Siding 
 Youngs

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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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