Do you know of Wales ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Wales. 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 Wales.<1>
Our sources for Wales (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 Wales other than they indicate that Wales would be found somewhere in Erie County, New York.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1821 and closed in 1912.
Communities Also Named Wales ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Wales.
Within New York, the name Wales is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- Please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Wales.
- Colorado
- Iowa
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Wales [Montgomery County].
- Kentucky
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Wales [Pike County].
- Maine
- Androscoggin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Wales [Androscoggin County].
- Massachusetts
- Hampden County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Wales [Hampden County].
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Wales [Lake County].
- Missouri
- North Dakota
- Burleigh 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 North Dakota community of Wales [Burleigh County].
- Cavalier County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Wales [Cavalier County].
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Wales.
- Tennessee
- Giles County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Wales [Giles County].
- Utah
- Sanpete County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Wales [Sanpete County].
- Wisconsin
- Waukesha County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Wales [Waukesha County].
- Alaska
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Wales ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Wales:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Wales - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
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
Rand McNally Map of New York (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Erie 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 Erie 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> | 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 Wales 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |