Do you know of Downsville ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Downsville. 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 Downsville.<1>
We found mention of Downsville as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Ocean County, New Jersey.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1848 and closed in 1855.
Communities Also Named Downsville ...
We found six communities that share the name Downsville.
Within New Jersey, the name Downsville is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Union Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Downsville [Union Parish].
- Maryland
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Downsville [Washington County].
- New York
- Delaware County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Downsville [Delaware County].
- North Carolina
- Caldwell County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Downsville [Caldwell County].
- Texas
- McLennan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Downsville [McLennan County].
- Wisconsin
- Dunn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Downsville [Dunn County].
- Louisiana
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Downsville ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Downsville:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
More Orphans in Ocean 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 Ocean County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |