Do you know of Holcomb ???

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

Our sources for Holcomb (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 Holcomb other than they indicate that Holcomb would be found somewhere in Phelps County, Nebraska.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1896 and closed  in 1903.

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 Holcomb ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Holcomb.

Within Nebraska, the name Holcomb is unique.

Beyond Nebraska, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Georgia
    • Pickens County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Holcomb [Pickens County].
  • Illinois
    • Ogle County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Holcomb [Ogle County].
  • Kansas
    • Finney County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Holcomb [Finney County].
  • Mississippi
    • Grenada County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Holcomb [Grenada County].
  • Missouri
    • Dunklin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Holcomb [Dunklin County].
  • New York
    • Ontario County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Holcomb [Ontario County].
  • Ohio
    • Gallia County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Holcomb [Gallia County].
    • Paulding County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Holcomb [Paulding County].
  • Oregon
    • Clackamas County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Holcomb [Clackamas County].
  • Washington
    • Pacific County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Holcomb [Pacific County].
  • West Virginia
    • Nicholas County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Holcomb [Nicholas County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Holcomb ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Rand McNally Map of Nebraska (1912)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Phelps County ...

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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 Phelps County.