Do you know of Roosevelt ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Roosevelt. 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 Roosevelt.
We found mention of Roosevelt as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Oswego 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.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1831 and closed in 1851.
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.
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.
Communities Also Named Roosevelt ...
We found 30 communities that share the name Roosevelt.
There is one other community in New York which is also named Roosevelt.
Beyond New York, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Nassau County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Roosevelt [Nassau County].
- Nassau County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Roosevelt [Jefferson County].
- Arizona
- Gila County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Roosevelt [Gila County].
- Arkansas
- White County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Roosevelt [White County].
- California
- Los Angeles County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Roosevelt [Los Angeles County].
- Georgia
- Gilmer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Roosevelt [Gilmer County].
- Idaho
- Roosevelt #1
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Roosevelt.
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Breathitt County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Roosevelt [Breathitt County].
- Louisiana
- East Carroll Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Roosevelt [East Carroll Parish].
- Michigan
- Saginaw County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Roosevelt [Saginaw County].
- Minnesota
- Roseau County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Roosevelt [Roseau County].
- Missouri
- Douglas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Roosevelt [Douglas County].
- Montana
- Valley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Roosevelt [Valley County].
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- Quay County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Roosevelt [Quay County].
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Kiowa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Roosevelt [Kiowa County].
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Kimble County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Roosevelt [Kimble County].
- Lubbock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Roosevelt [Lubbock County].
- San Patricio County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Roosevelt [San Patricio County].
- Utah
- Duchesne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Roosevelt [Duchesne County].
- Washington
- King County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Roosevelt [King County].
- Klickitat County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Roosevelt [Klickitat County].
- Snohomish County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Roosevelt [Snohomish County].
- Whatcom County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Roosevelt [Whatcom County].
- Wisconsin
- Oneida County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Roosevelt [Oneida County].
- Shawano County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Roosevelt [Shawano County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Roosevelt ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Roosevelt:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
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 Oswego 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 Oswego County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Roosevelt 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |