Do you know of Milford ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Milford. 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 Milford.<1>
We found mention of Milford as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Sully County, South Dakota.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1892 and closed in 1910.
Communities Also Named Milford ...
We found 46 communities that share the name Milford.
Within South Dakota, the name Milford is unique.
Beyond South Dakota, we know of another 39 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 39 communities, 36 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
In addition to the above occurrences of Milford, we know of seven communities located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Sevier County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Milford [Sevier County].
- California
- Lassen County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Milford [Lassen County].
- Connecticut
- New Haven County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Milford [New Haven County].
- Delaware
- Sussex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Milford [Sussex County].
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Iroquois County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Milford [Iroquois County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Dickinson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Milford [Dickinson County].
- Kansas
- Geary County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Milford [Geary County].
- Kentucky
- Bracken County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Milford [Bracken County].
- Louisiana
- Rapides Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Milford [Rapides Parish].
- Maine
- Penobscot County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Milford [Penobscot County].
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Milford [Baltimore County].
- Massachusetts
- Worcester County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Milford [Worcester County].
- Michigan
- Oakland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Milford [Oakland County].
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Seward County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Milford [Seward County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Milford.
- New Hampshire
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Milford [Hillsborough County].
- New Jersey
- New York
- Otsego County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Milford [Otsego County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Milford.
- Ohio
- Clermont County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Milford [Clermont County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Milford.
- Pennsylvania
- Juniata County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Milford [Juniata County].
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Milford [Pike County].
- Somerset County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Milford [Somerset County].
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Ellis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Milford [Ellis County].
- Utah
- Beaver County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Milford [Beaver County].
- Virginia
- Caroline County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Milford [Caroline County].
- Wisconsin
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Milford [Jefferson County].
- Wyoming
- Fremont County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Milford [Fremont County].
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- Australia
- - Victoria
- We haven't found the location of this Milford
- - Queensland
- We haven't found the location of this Milford
- England
- - Stafford
- We haven't found the location of this Milford
- - Godalming
- We haven't found the location of this Milford
- - Bideford
- We haven't found the location of this Milford
- Ireland
- We haven't found the location of this Milford
- New Zealand
- We haven't found the location of this Milford
- Australia
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Milford ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Milford:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
More Orphans in Sully 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 Sully County.
| Augusta | Little Bend |
| Brayton | Marston |
| McCamley | |
| Clifton | |
| Ney | |
| Fairbank | Norfolk |
| Fort Sully | |
| Turley | |
| Kaspar | |
| Warnecke | |
| Laurel | Waterford |
| Lewiston |
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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Milford 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. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |