Do you know of Bissell ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bissell. 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 Bissell.
We found mention of Bissell as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
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 Bissell ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Bissell.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Bissell.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bissell [Washington County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Howard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bissell [Howard County].
- California
- Kern County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Bissell [Kern County].
- Connecticut
- Hartford 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 Connecticut community of Bissell [Hartford County].
- Illinois
- Sangamon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Bissell [Sangamon County].
- Kansas
- Republic County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bissell [Republic County].
- Mississippi
- Lee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Bissell [Lee County].
- Missouri
- Saint Louis 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 Missouri community of Bissell [Saint Louis County].
- New Jersey
- Hunterdon County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Bissell [Hunterdon County].
- Oregon
- Clackamas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Bissell [Clackamas County].
- Texas
- Trinity 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 Bissell [Trinity County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bissell ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Bissell:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Bissell - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned
More Orphans in Allegheny 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 Allegheny County.
Footnotes ...
<1> | 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 Bissell 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. |