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Welcome to Posen ...

So far, we found very little information about Posen. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Posen to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Posen - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Posen, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Posen , we believe that it would have been located within present day Howard County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Posen, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

Time Zone: The area where Posen was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Posen was located: 308

Communities Also Named Posen ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Posen - they are located in Illinois (2) and Michigan.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Posen.

Adding Posen to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Posen was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Posen post office opened in 1887.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Posen.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Posen, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Howard, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/