Do you know of Stanley ???

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

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

Communities Also Named Stanley ...

We found 41 communities that share the name Stanley.

There is one other community in Minnesota which is also named Stanley.

Beyond Minnesota, we know of another 40 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 40 communities, 36 are located in the United States and seven are in Canada.

Communities Located In Minnesota ...
- Isanti County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Stanley [Isanti County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Covington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Stanley [Covington County].
- Arizona
  - Graham County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Stanley [Graham County].
- Arkansas
  - Pike County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Stanley [Pike County].
- British Columbia
  - Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Stanley.
- California
  - Napa County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Stanley [Napa County].
- Idaho
  - Custer County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Stanley [Custer County].
- Indiana
  - Warrick County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Stanley [Warrick County].
- Iowa
  - Buchanan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Stanley [Buchanan County].
- Kansas
  - Johnson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Stanley [Johnson County].
- Kentucky
  - Daviess County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Stanley [Daviess County].
  - Pike County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Stanley [Pike County].
- Louisiana
  - Allen Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Stanley [Allen Parish].
  - De Soto Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Stanley [De Soto Parish].
- Manitoba
  - Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Stanley.
- Maryland
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Stanley [Washington County].
- Massachusetts
  - Plymouth County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Stanley [Plymouth County].
- Michigan
  - Calhoun 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 Michigan community of Stanley [Calhoun County].
  - Lapeer 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 Michigan community of Stanley [Lapeer County].
- Missouri
  - Buchanan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Stanley [Buchanan County].
  - Pemiscot County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Stanley [Pemiscot County].
- Nebraska
  - Holt County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Stanley [Holt County].
- New Brunswick
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Stanley.
- New Jersey
  - Morris 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 New Jersey community of Stanley [Morris County].
- New Mexico
  - Santa Fe County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Stanley [Santa Fe County].
- New York
  - Ontario County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Stanley [Ontario County].
- North Carolina
  - Gaston County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Stanley [Gaston County].
- North Dakota
  - Mountrail County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Stanley [Mountrail County].
- Nova Scotia
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Stanley.
- Ohio
  - Henry 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 Ohio community of Stanley [Henry County].
  - Washington 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 Ohio community of Stanley [Washington County].
  - Wood County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Stanley [Wood County].
- Oklahoma
  - Pushmataha County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Stanley [Pushmataha County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Stanley.
- Oregon
  - Clackamas 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 Oregon community of Stanley [Clackamas County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Clearfield County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Stanley [Clearfield County].
- South Dakota
  - Stanley 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 South Dakota community of Stanley [Stanley County].
- Tennessee
  - Marion County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Stanley [Marion County].
- Virginia
  - Page County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Stanley [Page County].
- West Virginia
  - Ritchie County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Stanley [Ritchie County].
- Wisconsin
  - Chippewa County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Stanley [Chippewa County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Stanley ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in Yellow Medicine 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 Yellow Medicine County.

Echo Station	Sorlien's Mill
	Stavanger
Fraseville
	Yellow Medicine

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 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 Stanley 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.