Do you know of Calvary ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Calvary. 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 Calvary.<1>
Our sources for Calvary (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 Calvary other than they indicate that Calvary would be found somewhere in Morgan County, Ohio.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1838 and closed in 1907.
Communities Also Named Calvary ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Calvary.
There is one other community in Ohio which is also named Calvary.
Beyond Ohio, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Calvary [Montgomery County].
- Montgomery County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Marengo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Calvary [Marengo County].
- Georgia
- Decatur 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 Georgia community of Calvary [Decatur County].
- Grady County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Calvary [Grady County].
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Calvary [Marion County].
- Maryland
- Harford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Calvary [Harford County].
- Mississippi
- Winston County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Calvary [Winston County].
- Tennessee
- Dyer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Calvary [Dyer County].
- Texas
- Wood County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Calvary [Wood County].
- Virginia
- Shenandoah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Calvary [Shenandoah County].
- Wisconsin
- Fond du Lac County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Calvary [Fond du Lac County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Calvary ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Calvary:
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 Calvary - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
More Orphans in Morgan 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 Morgan County.
| Bragg | Meig's Creek |
| Meigsville | |
| Elliot | |
| Elliott | Nelson |
| Fisherville | Parrish Mills |
| Gordon | Sharpsburg |
| Hines | Tallytown |
| Log Cabin | Wood Grove |
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Calvary 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/ |