Do you know of Red Jacket ???

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

Our sources for Red Jacket (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 Red Jacket other than they indicate that Red Jacket would be found somewhere in Erie County, New York.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1851 and closed  in 1888.

Communities Also Named Red Jacket ...

We found two communities that share the name Red Jacket.

Within New York, the name Red Jacket is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Saskatchewan
    • Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Red Jacket.
  • West Virginia
    • Mingo County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Red Jacket [Mingo County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Red Jacket ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

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

More Orphans in  Erie 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 Erie County.