Do you know of Verona ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Verona. 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 Verona.
We found mention of Verona as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Calhoun 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 1838 and closed in 1844.
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 Verona ...
We found 26 communities that share the name Verona.
There are two communities within Michigan that are also named Verona.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 25 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Verona [Marion County].
- California
- Florida
- Illinois
- Grundy County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Verona [Grundy County].
- Indiana
- Cass County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Verona [Cass County].
- Kentucky
- Boone County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Verona [Boone County].
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Verona [Baltimore County].
- Mississippi
- Lee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Verona [Lee County].
- Missouri
- Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Verona [Lawrence County].
- Montana
- Chouteau County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Verona [Chouteau County].
- Nebraska
- Clay County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Verona [Clay County].
- New Jersey
- Essex County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Verona [Essex County].
- New York
- Oneida County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Verona [Oneida County].
- North Carolina
- Onslow County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Verona [Onslow County].
- North Dakota
- LaMoure County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Verona [LaMoure County].
- Ohio
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Verona [Montgomery County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Verona.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Verona [Allegheny County].
- Tennessee
- Marshall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Verona [Marshall County].
- Texas
- Collin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Verona [Collin County].
- Virginia
- Augusta County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Verona [Augusta County].
- Wisconsin
- Dane County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Verona [Dane County].
- Wyoming
- Sheridan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Verona [Sheridan County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Verona ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Verona:
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)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Verona.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 26/82080 (Place Name: Verona)
County: Calhoun (FIPS State/County: 26/025)
Class: X3
More Orphans in Calhoun 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 Calhoun 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Verona 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/ |