Do you know of Aurelius ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Aurelius. 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 Aurelius.
Our sources for Aurelius (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 Aurelius other than they indicate that Aurelius would be found somewhere in Cayuga County, New York.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1798 and closed in 1901.
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 Aurelius ...
We found two communities that share the name Aurelius.
Within New York, the name Aurelius is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Aurelius ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Aurelius:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Aurelius - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
New York Central Railroad Time Table (July 1902)
Published by New York Central Railroad
Rand McNally Map of New York (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Cayuga 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 Cayuga County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |