Do you know of Hayes ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hayes. 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 Hayes.
Our sources for Hayes (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 Hayes other than they indicate that Hayes would be found somewhere in Ransom County, North Dakota.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1894 and closed in 1899.
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 Hayes ...
We found 27 communities that share the name Hayes.
Within North Dakota, the name Hayes is unique.
Beyond North Dakota, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Henry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Hayes [Henry County].
- Tuscaloosa 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 Hayes [Tuscaloosa County].
- California
- Los Angeles County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Hayes [Los Angeles County].
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Hayes [Hall County].
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Pendleton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Hayes [Pendleton County].
- Louisiana
- Calcasieu Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Hayes [Calcasieu Parish].
- Michigan
- Benzie 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 Hayes [Benzie County].
- Gratiot 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 Hayes [Gratiot County].
- Huron 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 Hayes [Huron County].
- Osceola 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 Hayes [Osceola County].
- Missouri
- Butler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Hayes [Butler County].
- New Hampshire
- North Carolina
- Durham County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Hayes [Durham County].
- Halifax 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 North Carolina community of Hayes [Halifax County].
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Stanley County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Hayes [Stanley County].
- Texas
- Virginia
- Gloucester County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Hayes [Gloucester County].
- Washington
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Hayes [Clark County].
- Wisconsin
- Oconto County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Hayes [Oconto County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hayes ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hayes:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Rand McNally Map of North Dakota (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Ransom 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 Ransom County.
| Marshall | |
| Sandown | |
| Owego | Scovill |
| Shenford | |
| Plymouth |
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 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 Hayes 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/ |