Do you know of Norris ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Norris. 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 Norris.

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

Communities Also Named Norris ...

We found 21 communities that share the name Norris.

There is one other community in Ohio which is also named Norris.

Beyond Ohio, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, twenty are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Located In Ohio ...
- Miami 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 Ohio community of Norris [Miami County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
  - Hillsborough County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Norris [Hillsborough County].
- Georgia
  - Warren County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Norris [Warren County].
- Illinois
  - Fulton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Norris [Fulton County].
  - White 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 Illinois community of Norris [White County].
- Indiana
  - Washington 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 Indiana community of Norris [Washington County].
- Iowa
  - Black Hawk 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 Iowa community of Norris [Black Hawk County].
- Kansas
  - Norris #1
  - 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 Kansas community of Norris.
- Michigan
  - Wayne 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 Michigan community of Norris [Wayne County].
- Mississippi
  - Scott County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Norris [Scott County].
- Missouri
  - Henry County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Norris [Henry County].
- Montana
  - Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Norris [Madison County].
- North Carolina
  - Watauga County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Norris [Watauga County].
- Oklahoma
  - Latimer County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Norris [Latimer County].
- Ontario
  - 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 Ontario community of Norris.
- Pennsylvania
  - Philadelphia 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 Pennsylvania community of Norris [Philadelphia County].
- South Carolina
  - Pickens County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Norris [Pickens County].
- South Dakota
  - Mellette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Norris [Mellette County].
- Tennessee
  - Anderson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Norris [Anderson County].
  - Johnson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Norris [Johnson County].
- Texas
  - Val Verde 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 Texas community of Norris [Val Verde County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Norris ...

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

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

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

George#&160;F. Cram Map (1901)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

More Orphans in Wood 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 Wood County.

Footnotes ...

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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 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 Norris 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.