Do you know of Academy ???

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

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Academy, so we are uncertain whether Academy is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Academy would be found somewhere in Essex County, New Jersey.

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 Academy ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Academy.

Within New Jersey, the name Academy is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Academy.
- Arkansas
  - Hempstead County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Academy [Hempstead County].
- California
  - Fresno County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Academy [Fresno County].
- Colorado
  - El Paso 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 Colorado community of Academy [El Paso County].
- Georgia
  - Houston 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 Georgia community of Academy [Houston County].
  - Jackson 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 Georgia community of Academy [Jackson County].
  - McIntosh 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 Georgia community of Academy [McIntosh County].
- Missouri
  - Saint Louis County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Academy [Saint Louis County].
- Nova Scotia
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Academy.
- Oklahoma
  - Academy #
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Academy.
- Pennsylvania
  - Delaware County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Academy [Delaware County].
  - Montgomery 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 Pennsylvania community of Academy [Montgomery County].
- South Dakota
  - Charles Mix County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Academy [Charles Mix County].
- Texas
  - Bell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Academy [Bell County].
- Virginia
  - Prince George County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Academy [Prince George County].
- Washington
  - Spokane 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 Washington community of Academy [Spokane County].

More Orphans in Essex 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 Essex County.

Footnotes ...

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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 Academy 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.