Do you know of Cornell ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Cornell. 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 Cornell.<1>
Our sources for Cornell (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 Cornell other than they indicate that Cornell would be found somewhere in Sanborn County, South Dakota.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1879 and closed in 1907.
Communities Also Named Cornell ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Cornell.
Within South Dakota, the name Cornell is unique.
Beyond South Dakota, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, sixteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Georgia
- Fulton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cornell [Fulton County].
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Clay County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Cornell [Clay County].
- Kansas
- Crawford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Cornell [Crawford County].
- Michigan
- Nebraska
- Hitchcock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Cornell [Hitchcock County].
- New York
- Bronx 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 New York community of Cornell [Bronx County].
- Westchester County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Cornell [Westchester County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Cornell.
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cornell [Bucks County].
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Chippewa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Cornell [Chippewa County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cornell ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Cornell:
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 Cornell - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Sanborn 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 Sanborn County.
| Alwilda | |
| Amboy | Farnsworth |
| Brisbine | Medas |
| Callahan | Ravenna |
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 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 Cornell 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/ |