Do you know of Allison ???

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

We found mention of Allison as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Pope County, Minnesota.

Communities Also Named Allison ...

We found 23 communities that share the name Allison.

Within Minnesota, the name Allison is unique.

Beyond Minnesota, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 21 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Greene County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Allison [Greene County].
  - Jackson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Allison [Jackson County].
- Arkansas
  - Stone County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Allison [Stone County].
- California
  - San Diego County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Allison [San Diego County].
- Colorado
  - La Plata County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Allison [La Plata County].
- Illinois
  - Lawrence County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Allison [Lawrence County].
- Indiana
  - Warren County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Allison [Warren County].
- Iowa
  - Butler County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Allison [Butler County].
- Kansas
  - Decatur County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Allison [Decatur County].
- Missouri
  - Nodaway County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Allison [Nodaway County].
- Nevada
  - Eureka County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Allison [Eureka County].
- New Brunswick
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Allison.
- New Mexico
  - Grant County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Allison [Grant County].
  - McKinley County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Allison [McKinley County].
- North Carolina
  - Caswell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Allison [Caswell County].
- Oklahoma
  - Bryan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Allison [Bryan County].
- Ontario
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Allison.
- Pennsylvania
  - Fayette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Allison [Fayette County].
- Texas
  - Hood County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Allison [Hood County].
  - Wheeler County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Allison [Wheeler County].
  - Wise County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Allison [Wise County].
- Virginia
  - Wythe County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Allison [Wythe County].
- Washington
  - Pierce County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Allison [Pierce County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Allison ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in Pope 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 Pope County.

Anderson
	Nora
Erickson
	Otto
Fowlds
	Reno
Gilchrist	Rolling Fork

Hoverud	Thorson

Lake Johanna	Westfield
Langhei	White Bear Centre

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>

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 Allison 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.