Do you know of Antrim ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Antrim. 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 Antrim.
Our sources for Antrim (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 Antrim other than they indicate that Antrim would be found somewhere in Watonwan County, Minnesota.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1867 and closed in 1899.
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 Antrim ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Antrim.
Within Minnesota, the name Antrim is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, eleven are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Pratt 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 Antrim [Pratt County].
- Stafford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Antrim [Stafford County].
- Louisiana
- Bossier Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Antrim [Bossier Parish].
- Michigan
- Antrim County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Antrim [Antrim County].
- Missouri
- Wright County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Antrim [Wright County].
- New Hampshire
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Antrim [Hillsborough County].
- New York
- Rockland County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Antrim [Rockland County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Antrim.
- Ohio
- Guernsey County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Antrim [Guernsey County].
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- Tioga County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Antrim [Tioga County].
- Virginia
- Fairfax County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Antrim [Fairfax County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Antrim ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Antrim:
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 Antrim - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
More Orphans in Watonwan 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 Watonwan County.
| Cereal | |
| Perch |
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 Antrim 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/ |