Do you know of Louisville ???

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

We found mention of Louisville as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Scott County, Minnesota.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1855 and closed in 1861.

Communities Also Named Louisville ...

We found 27 communities that share the name Louisville.

Within Minnesota, the name Louisville is unique.

Beyond Minnesota, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 26 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Barbour County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Louisville [Barbour County].
- Colorado
  - Boulder County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Louisville [Boulder County].
- Florida
  - Suwannee County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Louisville [Suwannee County].
- Georgia
  - Jefferson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Louisville [Jefferson County].
- Illinois
  - Clay County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Louisville [Clay County].
- Kansas
  - Miami County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Louisville [Miami County].
  - Pottawatomie County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Louisville [Pottawatomie County].
  - Riley 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 Louisville [Riley County].
- Kentucky
  - Jefferson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Louisville [Jefferson County].
- Louisiana
  - Ascension Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Louisville [Ascension Parish].
  - Ouachita Parish
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Louisville [Ouachita Parish].
- Maryland
  - Carroll County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Louisville [Carroll County].
- Mississippi
  - Winston County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Louisville [Winston County].
- Missouri
  - Bates County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Louisville [Bates County].
  - Chariton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Louisville [Chariton County].
  - Howard County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Louisville [Howard County].
  - Lincoln County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Louisville [Lincoln County].
- Montana
  - Jefferson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Louisville [Jefferson County].
- Nebraska
  - Cass County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Louisville [Cass County].
  - Sarpy County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Louisville [Sarpy County].
- Nevada
  - Clark County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Louisville [Clark County].
- New York
  - Saint Lawrence County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Louisville [Saint Lawrence County].
- Nova Scotia
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Louisville.
- Ohio
  - Adams County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Louisville [Adams County].
  - Stark County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Louisville [Stark County].
- Tennessee
  - Blount County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Louisville [Blount County].
- Wisconsin
  - Dunn County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Louisville [Dunn County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Louisville ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

More Orphans in Scott 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 Scott County.

Bell Plaine
Blakely	New Dublin

Dooleyville	Raven Stream
Drawbridge
	Saint Lawrence
Hamilton Station	Sand Creek
Helena	Shakopee Junction

Maple Glen	Valley Park
Merriam Junction

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.
<3>	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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Louisville 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.
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/