Do you know of Good Ground ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Good Ground. 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 Good Ground.<1>

Our sources for Good Ground (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 Good Ground other than they indicate that Good Ground would be found somewhere in Suffolk County, New York.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1829 and closed  in 1922.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Good Ground ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Good Ground:

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 Good Ground - 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

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

Rand McNally Map of New York (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Suffolk 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 Suffolk County.