Do you know of Caroline ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Caroline. 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 Caroline.

Our sources for Caroline (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 Caroline other than they indicate that Caroline would be found somewhere in Le Sueur County, Minnesota.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1878 and closed  in 1893.

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 Caroline ...

We found five communities that share the name Caroline.

Within Minnesota, the name Caroline is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alberta
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Caroline.
  • Louisiana
    • Iberia Parish
    • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Caroline [Iberia Parish].
  • New York
    • Tompkins County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Caroline [Tompkins County].
  • Ohio
    • Seneca County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Caroline [Seneca County].
  • Wisconsin
    • Shawano County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Caroline [Shawano County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Caroline ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

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

More Orphans in  Le Sueur 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 Le Sueur County.