Do you know of Saunders ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Saunders. 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 Saunders.
Our sources for Saunders (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 Saunders other than they indicate that Saunders would be found somewhere in Cass County, North Dakota.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1895 and closed in 1905.
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 Saunders ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Saunders.
Within North Dakota, the name Saunders is unique.
Beyond North Dakota, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Delta County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Saunders [Delta County].
- Florida
- Bay County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Saunders [Bay County].
- Georgia
- Dodge County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Saunders [Dodge County].
- Illinois
- Sangamon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Saunders [Sangamon County].
- Kansas
- Maine
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Saunders [Anne Arundel County].
- Michigan
- Iron 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 Saunders [Iron County].
- Kalkaska 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 Saunders [Kalkaska County].
- Manistee 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 Saunders [Manistee County].
- Missouri
- Christian County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Saunders [Christian County].
- Nebraska
- Valley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Saunders [Valley County].
- North Carolina
- Cabarrus 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 Saunders [Cabarrus County].
- Hoke County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Saunders [Hoke County].
- Texas
- Travis 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 Saunders [Travis County].
- Trinity 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 Texas community of Saunders [Trinity County].
- Utah
- Weber County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Saunders [Weber County].
- Virginia
- Richmond City
- 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 Saunders [Richmond City].
- Suffolk City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Saunders [Suffolk City].
- West Virginia
- Logan County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Saunders [Logan County].
- Wisconsin
- Douglas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Saunders [Douglas County].
- Colorado
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Saunders ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Saunders:
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 Saunders - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
Rand McNally Map of North Dakota (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Cass 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 Cass County.
| Addison | Howes |
| Binghamton | Norpak |
| Canfield | Oatland |
| Cotters | |
| Petersen | |
| Dalrymple | Peterson |
| Eldred | Ripon |
| Fleming | Sidney |
| Gardar | Trysil |
| Gill | |
| Greene | Watson |
| Haggart | Zion |
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 Saunders 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/ |