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Do you know of Vorhees ???

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

Our sources for Vorhees (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 Vorhees other than they indicate that Vorhees would be found somewhere in Montgomery County, Ohio.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1881 and closed  in 1901.

Communities Also Named Vorhees ...

We found one communities that share the name Vorhees.

Within Ohio, the name Vorhees is unique.

Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Vorhees in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Nebraska
      • Boone County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Vorhees [Boone County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Vorhees ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Vorhees - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station

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

More Orphans in  Montgomery 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 Montgomery County.

Alexandersville 
 Jamton
BaltimoreJohnsons
Barrs 
 Lebanon Junction
Carrollton Station 
CarrolltonMiami City
Center 
ChambersburgNorth Dayton
CorwinNorthmoor
  
DabelOverlook - Page Manor
DavidsonOverlook
Dayton View 
DeanRoosevelt
Dixie HeightsRoslyn
  
EastviewShaker Crossing
 Singing Hills
FannersvilleSouth Arlington
Forest ParkSouth Dayton
 South Park
GreenmountSouthbrook
GreenviewSouthdale
Greenwich Village 
 Tadmer
Harrisburgh 
HarshmanWest Baltimore
HempsteadWest Dayton
HighviewWestwood
Huber SouthWoodbourne-Hyde Park
Hyde Park 

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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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