Do you know of Bridgeport ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bridgeport. 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 Bridgeport.<1>
Our sources for Bridgeport (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 Bridgeport other than they indicate that Bridgeport would be found somewhere in Custer County, South Dakota.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1888 and closed in 1894.
Communities Also Named Bridgeport ...
We found 64 communities that share the name Bridgeport.
Within South Dakota, the name Bridgeport is unique.
Beyond South Dakota, we know of another 64 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 64 communities, 60 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Bridgeport [Jackson County].
- Arizona
- Maricopa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Bridgeport [Maricopa County].
- Yavapai County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Bridgeport [Yavapai County].
- Arkansas
- Sharp County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bridgeport [Sharp County].
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Bridgeport.
- California
- Mariposa County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Bridgeport [Mariposa County].
- Mono County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Bridgeport [Mono County].
- Nevada County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Bridgeport [Nevada County].
- Colorado
- Delta County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Bridgeport [Delta County].
- Mesa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Bridgeport [Mesa County].
- Connecticut
- Fairfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Bridgeport [Fairfield County].
- Florida
- Pinellas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Bridgeport [Pinellas County].
- Putnam County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Bridgeport [Putnam County].
- Georgia
- Richmond County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bridgeport [Richmond County].
- Illinois
- Cook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Bridgeport [Cook County].
- Knox County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Bridgeport [Knox County].
- Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Bridgeport [Lawrence County].
- Scott County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Bridgeport [Scott County].
- Indiana
- Harrison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bridgeport [Harrison County].
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bridgeport [Marion County].
- Iowa
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Bridgeport [Jackson County].
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Bridgeport [Monroe County].
- Wayne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Bridgeport [Wayne County].
- Kansas
- Saline County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bridgeport [Saline County].
- Sedgwick County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bridgeport [Sedgwick County].
- Kentucky
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Bridgeport [Franklin County].
- Maryland
- Frederick County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Bridgeport [Frederick County].
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Bridgeport [Washington County].
- Michigan
- Saginaw County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Bridgeport [Saginaw County].
- Mississippi
- Simpson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Bridgeport [Simpson County].
- Missouri
- Harrison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bridgeport [Harrison County].
- Warren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bridgeport [Warren County].
- Nebraska
- Morrill County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Bridgeport [Morrill County].
- New Jersey
- Gloucester County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Bridgeport [Gloucester County].
- New York
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Bridgeport [Madison County].
- Seneca County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Bridgeport [Seneca County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Bridgeport.
- North Carolina
- Stanly County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Bridgeport [Stanly County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Bridgeport.
- Ohio
- Belmont County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bridgeport [Belmont County].
- Hardin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bridgeport [Hardin County].
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bridgeport [Montgomery County].
- Stark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bridgeport [Stark County].
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bridgeport [Union County].
- Oklahoma
- Caddo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Bridgeport [Caddo County].
- Ontario
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Bridgeport.
- Oregon
- Baker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Bridgeport [Baker County].
- Polk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Bridgeport [Polk County].
- Pennsylvania
- Adams County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bridgeport [Adams County].
- Carbon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bridgeport [Carbon County].
- Clearfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bridgeport [Clearfield County].
- Cumberland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bridgeport [Cumberland County].
- Lancaster County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bridgeport [Lancaster County].
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bridgeport [Montgomery County].
- Perry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bridgeport [Perry County].
- Westmoreland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bridgeport [Westmoreland County].
- Rhode Island
- Newport County
- Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Bridgeport [Newport County].
- Tennessee
- Cocke County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bridgeport [Cocke County].
- Texas
- Wise County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bridgeport [Wise County].
- Utah
- Daggett County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Bridgeport [Daggett County].
- Virginia
- Buckingham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Bridgeport [Buckingham County].
- Washington
- Douglas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Bridgeport [Douglas County].
- West Virginia
- Harrison County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Bridgeport [Harrison County].
- Wisconsin
- Crawford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Bridgeport [Crawford County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bridgeport ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Bridgeport:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Bridgeport - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Custer 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 Custer County.
| Bakerville | |
| Otis | |
| Crazy Horse | |
| Phinney | |
| Lien | |
| Rocks | |
| Martin's Valley | |
| Mays | Westford |
| Moss City |
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> | 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 Bridgeport 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |