Do you know of Evans ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Evans. 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 Evans.
Our sources for Evans (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 Evans other than they indicate that Evans would be found somewhere in Erie County, New York.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1822 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 Evans ...
We found 30 communities that share the name Evans.
Within New York, the name Evans is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 30 communities, 28 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Evans.
- Colorado
- Weld County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Evans [Weld County].
- Georgia
- Columbia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Evans [Columbia County].
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Mahaska County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Evans [Mahaska County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Vernon Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Evans [Vernon Parish].
- Michigan
- Kent County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Evans [Kent County].
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Yazoo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Evans [Yazoo County].
- Missouri
- Douglas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Evans [Douglas County].
- Montana
- Cascade County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Evans [Cascade County].
- Nevada
- Eureka County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Evans [Eureka County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Evans.
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Wallowa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Evans [Wallowa County].
- Pennsylvania
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Evans [Fayette County].
- South Carolina
- Chester County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Evans [Chester County].
- Texas
- Utah
- Box Elder County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Evans [Box Elder County].
- Washington
- Stevens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Evans [Stevens County].
- Walla Walla 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 Evans [Walla Walla County].
- West Virginia
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Evans [Jackson County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Evans ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Evans:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Evans - 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 (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)
Rand McNally Map of New York (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Erie 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 Erie County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Evans 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |