Do you know of Tunnel ???

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

Our sources for Tunnel (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 Tunnel other than they indicate that Tunnel would be found somewhere in Jefferson County, Missouri.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1908 and closed in 1911.

Communities Also Named Tunnel ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Tunnel.

Within Missouri, the name Tunnel is unique.

Beyond Missouri, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, nine are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
  - 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 Alaska community of Tunnel.
- Arkansas
  - Carroll County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Tunnel [Carroll County].
- British Columbia
  - Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Tunnel.
- Kentucky
  - Lawrence 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 Kentucky community of Tunnel [Lawrence County].
- Nevada
  - Pershing County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Tunnel [Pershing County].
- New York
  - Broome County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Tunnel [Broome County].
- Ontario
  - 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 Ontario community of Tunnel.
- Pennsylvania
  - Luzerne 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 Pennsylvania community of Tunnel [Luzerne County].
  - Wyoming 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 Pennsylvania community of Tunnel [Wyoming County].
- West Virginia
  - Fayette 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 West Virginia community of Tunnel [Fayette County].
  - Randolph 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 West Virginia community of Tunnel [Randolph County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Tunnel ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Prairies East & Ozarks
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

More Orphans in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County.

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Tunnel 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.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/