Do you know of Grand Island ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Grand Island. 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 Grand Island.<1> Our sources for Grand Island (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 Grand Island other than they indicate that Grand Island would be found somewhere in Erie County, New York. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1851. Communities Also Named Grand Island ...We found four communities that share the name Grand Island. Within New York, the name Grand Island is unique. Beyond New York, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Grand Island ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Grand Island: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Grand Island - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned The FIPS database contains an entry for Grand Island. Referenced FIPS Records ... FIPS Code: 36/29817 (Place Name: Grand Island) County: Erie (FIPS State/County: 36/029) Class: U8 Identifies a populated place (in this case, Grand Island) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). 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 ...
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