Do you know of Stillwell ???

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

Our sources for Stillwell (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Stillwell other than they indicate that Stillwell would be found somewhere in Cavalier County, North Dakota.

Communities Also Named Stillwell ...

We found eight communities that share the name Stillwell.

Within North Dakota, the name Stillwell is unique.

Beyond North Dakota, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
  - Effingham County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Stillwell [Effingham County].
- Illinois
  - Hancock County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Stillwell [Hancock County].
- Indiana
  - LaPorte County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Stillwell [LaPorte County].
- Iowa
  - Poweshiek County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Stillwell [Poweshiek County].
- Missouri
  - Pike 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 Missouri community of Stillwell [Pike County].
- Ohio
  - Butler County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Stillwell [Butler County].
  - Holmes County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Stillwell [Holmes County].
- West Virginia
  - Pocahontas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Stillwell [Pocahontas County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Stillwell ...

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

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

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

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.

Alma
Ambro	McLean
	Mona
Bac	Moscow
Beaulieu
Byron	Onsabrock

Cypress	Ridgefield
	Romfo
Daniels
	Soper
Elkwood	Stilwell
Ellerton	Storlie

Gertrude	Woodbridge

Footnotes ...

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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.

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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 Stillwell 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.