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Do you know of Byron ???

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

Our sources for Byron (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 Byron other than they indicate that Byron would be found somewhere in Cavalier County, North Dakota.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1888 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 Byron ...

We found 31 communities that share the name Byron.

Within North Dakota, the name Byron is unique.

Beyond North Dakota, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 30 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Fulton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Byron [Fulton County].
    • California
      • Contra Costa County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Byron [Contra Costa County].
    • Georgia
      • Baker 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 Georgia community of Byron [Baker County].
      • Dougherty 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 Georgia community of Byron [Dougherty County].
      • Houston 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 Georgia community of Byron [Houston County].
      • Peach County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Byron [Peach County].
    • Illinois
      • Ogle County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Byron [Ogle County].
    • Indiana
      • LaPorte County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Byron [LaPorte County].
      • Parke County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Byron [Parke County].
    • Kansas
      • Republic 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 Byron [Republic County].
      • Woodson 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 Byron [Woodson County].
    • Kentucky
      • Clay 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 Kentucky community of Byron [Clay County].
    • Maine
      • Oxford County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Byron [Oxford County].
    • Michigan
      • Kent 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 Byron [Kent County].
      • Shiawassee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Byron [Shiawassee County].
    • Minnesota
      • Olmsted County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Byron [Olmsted County].
    • Missouri
      • Osage County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Byron [Osage County].
    • Nebraska
      • Thayer County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Byron [Thayer County].
    • Nevada
      • Clark County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Byron [Clark County].
    • New York
      • Genesee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Byron [Genesee County].
    • Ohio
      • Greene County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Byron [Greene County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Alfalfa County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Byron [Alfalfa County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Byron.
    • Tennessee
      • Dickson 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 Tennessee community of Byron [Dickson County].
    • Texas
      • Houston 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 Texas community of Byron [Houston County].
    • Virginia
      • Bland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Byron [Bland County].
    • Washington
      • Yakima County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Byron [Yakima County].
    • West Virginia
      • Marion 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 West Virginia community of Byron [Marion County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Dodge 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 Wisconsin community of Byron [Dodge County].
      • Fond du Lac County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Byron [Fond du Lac County].
    • Wyoming
      • Big Horn County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Byron [Big Horn County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Byron ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

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

Rand McNally Map of North Dakota (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Cavalier 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 Cavalier County.

AlmaMona
AmbroMoscow
  
BacOnsabrock
Beaulieu 
 Ridgefield
DanielsRomfo
  
ElkwoodSoper
EllertonStillwell
 Stilwell
Gertrude 
 Woodbridge
McLean 

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 Byron 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/









 

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