Do you know of Ward ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Ward. 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 Ward.
Our sources for Ward (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 Ward other than they indicate that Ward would be found somewhere in Dade County, Missouri.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1898 and closed in 1904.
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 Ward ...
We found 36 communities that share the name Ward.
There is one other community in Missouri which is also named Ward.
Beyond Missouri, we know of another 35 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 35 communities, 34 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Missouri ...
- Bates County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Ward [Bates County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Chambers County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Ward [Chambers County].
- Sumter County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Ward [Sumter County].
- Arkansas
- Lonoke County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Ward [Lonoke County].
- Pulaski County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Ward [Pulaski County].
- Colorado
- Boulder County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Ward [Boulder County].
- Delaware
- Sussex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Ward [Sussex County].
- Florida
- Leon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Ward [Leon County].
- Illinois
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Ward [Jackson County].
- Kankakee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Ward [Kankakee County].
- Indiana
- Boone County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Ward [Boone County].
- Iowa
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Ward [Monroe County].
- Kansas
- Wilson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Ward [Wilson County].
- Louisiana
- Allen Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Ward [Allen Parish].
- Maryland
- Somerset County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Ward [Somerset County].
- Michigan
- Dickinson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Ward [Dickinson County].
- Saginaw 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 Ward [Saginaw County].
- Minnesota
- Pipestone County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Ward [Pipestone County].
- Mississippi
- George County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Ward [George County].
- Montana
- Ravalli County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Ward [Ravalli County].
- Nevada
- White Pine County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Ward [White Pine County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Ward.
- Ohio
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Ward [Washington County].
- Oklahoma
- Le Flore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Ward [Le Flore County].
- Ontario
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Ward.
- Oregon
- Multnomah County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Ward [Multnomah County].
- Pennsylvania
- Delaware County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Ward [Delaware County].
- South Carolina
- Saluda County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Ward [Saluda County].
- South Dakota
- Moody County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Ward [Moody County].
- Tennessee
- Overton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Ward [Overton County].
- Texas
- Anderson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Ward [Anderson County].
- Ellis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Ward [Ellis County].
- Virginia
- Buchanan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Ward [Buchanan County].
- Washington
- Stevens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Ward [Stevens County].
- West Virginia
- Kanawha County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Ward [Kanawha County].
- Wyoming
- Crook County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Ward [Crook County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Ward ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Ward:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Map from 1904 (unknown title/publisher)
More Orphans in Dade 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 Dade County.
Footnotes ...
<1> | 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 Ward 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. |
<2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |