Do you know of Oswego ???

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

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

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 Oswego ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Oswego.

There are two communities within Oregon that are also named Oswego.

Beyond Oregon, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Located In Oregon ...
- Clackamas 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 Oregon community of Oswego [Clackamas County].
- Multnomah 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 Oregon community of Oswego [Multnomah County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Idaho
  - Blaine 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 Idaho community of Oswego [Blaine County].
- Illinois
  - Kendall County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Oswego [Kendall County].
- Indiana
  - Kosciusko County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Oswego [Kosciusko County].
- Kansas
  - Labette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Oswego [Labette County].
- Mississippi
  - Holmes County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Oswego [Holmes County].
- Montana
  - Dawson 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 Montana community of Oswego [Dawson County].
  - Valley County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Oswego [Valley County].
- New York
  - Oswego County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Oswego [Oswego County].
- North Carolina
  - Franklin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Oswego [Franklin County].
- South Carolina
  - Sumter County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Oswego [Sumter County].
- Tennessee
  - Campbell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Oswego [Campbell County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Oswego ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in Washington 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 Washington County.

Bryants	Riverdale
Bull Mountain	Riverside

Chehalem Gap	Scholl's Ferry
	Smock's
Detour	Storwest

Fir	Tigardville
Fulton
	Vincents
Garden Home - Whitford
	Wapato
Palatine Hill	West Haven - Sylvan

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Oswego 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.