Do you know of Lake ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Lake. 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 Lake.<1>
We found mention of Lake as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Washington 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 1835 and closed in 1887.
Communities Also Named Lake ...
We found 42 communities that share the name Lake.
There are two communities within New York that are also named Lake.
Beyond New York, we know of another 40 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 40 communities, 41 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Cattaraugus County
- Orange County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Litchfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Lake [Litchfield County].
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Kankakee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Lake [Kankakee County].
- Saint Clair 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 Illinois community of Lake [Saint Clair County].
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Laurel County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Lake [Laurel County].
- Louisiana
- Ascension Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Lake [Ascension Parish].
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Lake [Baltimore County].
- Michigan
- Bay 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 Michigan community of Lake [Bay County].
- Benzie County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Lake [Benzie County].
- Clare County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Lake [Clare County].
- Muskegon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Lake [Muskegon County].
- Newaygo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Lake [Newaygo County].
- Mississippi
- Newton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Lake [Newton County].
- Missouri
- Buchanan 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 Missouri community of Lake [Buchanan County].
- Saint Louis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Lake [Saint Louis County].
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- Hidalgo County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Lake [Hidalgo County].
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Tulsa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Lake [Tulsa County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Lake.
- Pennsylvania
- Luzerne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Lake [Luzerne County].
- Texas
- Robertson 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 Texas community of Lake [Robertson County].
- Wise County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Lake [Wise County].
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Northumberland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Lake [Northumberland County].
- Stafford 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 Virginia community of Lake [Stafford County].
- Washington
- Franklin 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 Washington community of Lake [Franklin County].
- King County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Lake [King County].
- West Virginia
- Logan County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Lake [Logan County].
- Wisconsin
- Marinette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Lake [Marinette County].
- Milwaukee 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 Wisconsin community of Lake [Milwaukee County].
- Price County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Lake [Price County].
- Wyoming
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lake ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Lake:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
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
More Orphans in Washington 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 Washington 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 Lake 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/ |