Do you know of Huntsville ???

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

We found mention of Huntsville as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Otsego County, New York.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1822 and closed in 1831.

Communities Also Named Huntsville ...

We found 28 communities that share the name Huntsville.

Within New York, the name Huntsville is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 27 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Huntsville [Madison County].
- Arkansas
  - Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Huntsville [Madison County].
- Colorado
  - Arapahoe County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Huntsville [Arapahoe County].
- Connecticut
  - Litchfield County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Huntsville [Litchfield County].
- Georgia
  - Paulding County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Huntsville [Paulding County].
- Illinois
  - Schuyler County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Huntsville [Schuyler County].
- Indiana
  - Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Huntsville [Madison County].
  - Randolph County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Huntsville [Randolph County].
- Kansas
  - Reno County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Huntsville [Reno County].
- Kentucky
  - Butler County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Huntsville [Butler County].
- Maryland
  - Prince George's County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Huntsville [Prince George's County].
- Mississippi
  - Montgomery County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Huntsville [Montgomery County].
- Missouri
  - Randolph County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Huntsville [Randolph County].
- New Jersey
  - Sussex County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Huntsville [Sussex County].
- North Carolina
  - Yadkin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Huntsville [Yadkin County].
- Ohio
  - Butler County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Huntsville [Butler County].
  - Logan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Huntsville [Logan County].
  - Pickaway County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Huntsville [Pickaway County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Huntsville.
- Pennsylvania
  - Luzerne County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Huntsville [Luzerne County].
- Rhode Island
  - Providence County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Huntsville [Providence County].
- Tennessee
  - Loudon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Huntsville [Loudon County].
  - Scott County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Huntsville [Scott County].
- Texas
  - Walker County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Huntsville [Walker County].
- Utah
  - Weber County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Huntsville [Weber County].
- Vermont
  - Franklin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Huntsville [Franklin County].
- Washington
  - Columbia County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Huntsville [Columbia County].
- West Virginia
  - Jackson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Huntsville [Jackson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Huntsville ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

More Orphans in Otsego 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 Otsego 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>	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.
<3>	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 Huntsville 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.
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/