Do you know of Viola ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Viola. 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 Viola.
Our sources for Viola (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 Viola other than they indicate that Viola would be found somewhere in Mackinac County, Michigan.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1889 and closed in 1942.
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 Viola ...
We found 31 communities that share the name Viola.
Within Michigan, the name Viola is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Blount County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Viola [Blount County].
- Arkansas
- Fulton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Viola [Fulton County].
- California
- Shasta County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Viola [Shasta County].
- Colorado
- Las Animas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Viola [Las Animas County].
- Delaware
- Kent County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Viola [Kent County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Heard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Viola [Heard County].
- Idaho
- Latah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Viola [Latah County].
- Illinois
- Mercer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Viola [Mercer County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Linn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Viola [Linn County].
- Kansas
- Elk County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Viola [Elk County].
- Ellis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Viola [Ellis County].
- Sedgwick County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Viola [Sedgwick County].
- Kentucky
- Graves County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Viola [Graves County].
- Louisiana
- Tangipahoa Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Viola [Tangipahoa Parish].
- Minnesota
- Olmsted County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Viola [Olmsted County].
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Barry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Viola [Barry County].
- Nevada
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Viola [Lincoln County].
- New York
- Rockland County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Viola [Rockland County].
- North Carolina
- Oregon
- Clackamas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Viola [Clackamas County].
- Pennsylvania
- Clearfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Viola [Clearfield County].
- Tennessee
- Warren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Viola [Warren County].
- Texas
- Nueces County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Viola [Nueces County].
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Richland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Viola [Richland County].
- Wyoming
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Viola [Lincoln County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Viola ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Viola:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Viola - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Viola.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 26/82500 (Place Name: Viola)
County: Mackinac (FIPS State/County: 26/097)
Class: X3
More Orphans in Mackinac 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 Mackinac 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 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 Viola 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/ |