Do you know of Winterfield ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Winterfield. 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 Winterfield.<1>
Our sources for Winterfield (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 Winterfield other than they indicate that Winterfield would be found somewhere in Clare County, Michigan.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1877 and closed in 1906.
Communities Also Named Winterfield ...
We found two communities that share the name Winterfield.
Within Michigan, the name Winterfield is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Mecklenburg County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Winterfield [Mecklenburg County].
- Texas
- Hopkins County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Winterfield [Hopkins County].
- North Carolina
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Winterfield ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Winterfield:
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 Winterfield - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Clare 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 Clare 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> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |