Do you know of South River ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about South River. 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 South River.<1>
Our sources for South River (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 South River other than they indicate that South River would be found somewhere in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1824.
Communities Also Named South River ...
We found eight communities that share the name South River.
Within New Jersey, the name South River is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, five are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of South River [Anne Arundel County].
- Missouri
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of South River [Marion County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of South River.
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of South River.
- North Carolina
- Carteret County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of South River [Carteret County].
- Rowan 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 North Carolina community of South River [Rowan County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of South River.
- Virginia
- Rockbridge County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of South River [Rockbridge County].
- Maryland
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for South River ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about South River:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for South River - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
George#&160;F. Cram Map of New Jersey (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.
Shell Oil Road Map for New Jersey (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company
More Orphans in Middlesex 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 Middlesex 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> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 South River 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |