Do you know of Big Island ???

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

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Big Island, so we are uncertain whether Big Island is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Big Island would be found somewhere in Hennepin County, Minnesota.

Communities Also Named Big Island ...

We found six communities that share the name Big Island.

Within Minnesota, the name Big Island is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
  - Rapides Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Big Island [Rapides Parish].
- New York
  - Orange County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Big Island [Orange County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
  - Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Big Island.
- Nova Scotia
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Big Island.
- Ohio
  - Marion County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Big Island [Marion County].
- Virginia
  - Bedford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Big Island [Bedford County].

More Orphans in Hennepin 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 Hennepin County.

Atlantic Junction	Lorretto
	Lowry Hill
Bass Lake	Lyndale Junction
Bloom Dale
Bloomfield	Manitou
Breezy Point	Markville
Brooklyn	Minneapolis Junction
	Minneapolis Park
Camden Place	Minnehaha
Camden	Morningside
Cedar Riverside	Mound City
Chicago Lake	Mulberry Junction
Chowen
Chowens Corner	Navarre
Clear Water Junction	Nokomis
Commerce	Normandale
Cottage Wood	North Douglas
	North Minneapolis
Diamond Lake	Northome
Dinkytown	Northtown Junction
	Northtown
East Minneapolis
Eastside	O'Briens
Eden Prairie Station
Edina Mills	Parker's Lake
Elmwood	Perkinsville
	Powderhorn
Fairview
Fort Snelling	Riverside

Golden Hills	Saint Alban's
Groveland Park	Saint Anthony Falls
	Shingle Creek
Harriet	Shoreham
Harrisburgh	Solberg Point
Hassan	South Minneapolis
Highland	Southdale
Humboldt Yard	Staffordsville
Hutchinson Junction	Summit

Interlachen	Traffic

Kenwood	Upper Nicollet

Lake Park	Washburn Park
Lenz	Washburn
Lincoln Park
Linden Hills	Yorktown
Loop
Loring	Zumbra Heights

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>	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.