Do you know of Van Buren ???

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

We found mention of Van Buren as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Chautauqua County, New York.

Communities Also Named Van Buren ...

We found twenty communities that share the name Van Buren.

There is one other community in New York which is also named Van Buren.

Beyond New York, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Located In New York ...
- Onondaga County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Van Buren [Onondaga County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Crawford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Van Buren [Crawford County].
- Georgia
  - Jones County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Van Buren [Jones County].
- Indiana
  - Grant County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Van Buren [Grant County].
- Iowa
  - Jackson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Van Buren [Jackson County].
  - Lee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Van Buren [Lee County].
- Kentucky
  - Anderson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Van Buren [Anderson County].
- Louisiana
  - Livingston Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Van Buren [Livingston Parish].
- Maine
  - Aroostook County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Van Buren [Aroostook County].
- Michigan
  - Kalkaska County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Van Buren [Kalkaska County].
- Mississippi
  - Itawamba County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Van Buren [Itawamba County].
- Missouri
  - Carter County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Van Buren [Carter County].
  - Osage County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Van Buren [Osage County].
- Ohio
  - Hancock County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Van Buren [Hancock County].
  - Licking County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Van Buren [Licking County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Armstrong County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Van Buren [Armstrong County].
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Van Buren [Washington County].
- Tennessee
  - Hardeman County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Van Buren [Hardeman County].
- Washington
  - Whatcom County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Van Buren [Whatcom County].
- Wisconsin
  - Grant County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Van Buren [Grant County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Van Buren ...

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Van Buren - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

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

More Orphans in Chautauqua 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 Chautauqua County.

Footnotes ...

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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.

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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 Van Buren 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.