Do you know of Galena ???

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

Our sources for Galena (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 Galena other than they indicate that Galena would be found somewhere in Woods County, Oklahoma.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1895 and closed in 1936.

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 Galena ...

We found 26 communities that share the name Galena.

Within Oklahoma, the name Galena is unique.

Beyond Oklahoma, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 26 communities, 25 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 Galena.
- Arizona
  - Cochise County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Galena [Cochise County].
- Arkansas
  - Howard County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Galena [Howard County].
- British Columbia
  - Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Galena.
- Colorado
  - Custer 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 Colorado community of Galena [Custer County].
  - Fremont County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Galena [Fremont County].
- Idaho
  - Blaine County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Galena [Blaine County].
- Illinois
  - Jo Daviess County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Galena [Jo Daviess County].
- Indiana
  - Floyd County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Galena [Floyd County].
- Kansas
  - Cherokee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Galena [Cherokee County].
- Maryland
  - Kent County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Galena [Kent County].
- Mississippi
  - Marshall County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Galena [Marshall County].
- Missouri
  - Stone County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Galena [Stone County].
- Nebraska
  - Hayes 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 Nebraska community of Galena [Hayes County].
- Nevada
  - Lander County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Galena [Lander County].
  - Lincoln County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Galena [Lincoln County].
  - Washoe County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Galena [Washoe County].
- New Mexico
  - Lincoln County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Galena [Lincoln County].
- New York
  - Chenango County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Galena [Chenango County].
- Ohio
  - Delaware County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Galena [Delaware County].
- Oregon
  - Grant County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Galena [Grant County].
- South Dakota
  - Lawrence County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Galena [Lawrence County].
- Texas
  - Smith County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Galena [Smith County].
- Virginia
  - Augusta 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 Virginia community of Galena [Augusta County].
  - Wythe County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Galena [Wythe County].
- Washington
  - Snohomish County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Galena [Snohomish County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Galena ...

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

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

Rand McNally Map of Oklahoma (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in Woods 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 Woods 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 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 Galena 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.

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

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