Do you know of Archer ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Archer. 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 Archer.
Our sources for Archer (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 Archer other than they indicate that Archer would be found somewhere in Harrison County, Ohio.
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 Archer ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Archer.
Within Ohio, the name Archer is unique.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, seventeen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Pickens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Archer [Pickens County].
- California
- San Bernardino County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Archer [San Bernardino County].
- Colorado
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Archer [Jefferson County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Archer [Madison County].
- Illinois
- Sangamon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Archer [Sangamon County].
- Iowa
- O'Brien County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Archer [O'Brien County].
- Kansas
- Montana
- Sheridan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Archer [Sheridan County].
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- Nye County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Archer [Nye County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Archer.
- Tennessee
- Marshall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Archer [Marshall County].
- West Virginia
- Wetzel County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Archer [Wetzel County].
- Wyoming
- Laramie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Archer [Laramie County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Archer ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Archer:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Archer - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
George#&160;F. Cram Map (1901)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.
More Orphans in Harrison 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 Harrison County.
| Estep | |
| Manly | |
| Fife's | Means |
| Folk | Miller's Station |
| Georgetown Junction | Nelms |
| Greenough | |
| Pleasant Mount | |
| Jobes | |
| Short Creek | |
| Kenwood Station |
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 Archer 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. |