Do you know of Potter ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Potter. 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 Potter.<1>

Our sources for Potter (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Potter other than they indicate that Potter would be found somewhere in Potter County, South Dakota.

Communities Also Named Potter ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Potter.

Within South Dakota, the name Potter 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, fifteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Dallas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Potter [Dallas County].
- Alaska
  - 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 Alaska community of Potter.
- Arkansas
  - Polk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Potter [Polk County].
- British Columbia
  - Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Potter.
- California
  - Modoc 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 California community of Potter [Modoc County].
- Georgia
  - Echols County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Potter [Echols County].
- Iowa
  - Tama County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Potter [Tama County].
- Kansas
  - Atchison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Potter [Atchison County].
- Nebraska
  - Cheyenne County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Potter [Cheyenne County].
- New York
  - Yates County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Potter [Yates County].
- Ohio
  - Delaware County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Potter [Delaware County].
  - Fayette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Potter [Fayette County].
  - Wood County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Potter [Wood County].
- Oklahoma
  - Ottawa County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Potter [Ottawa County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Potter.
- Oregon
  - Linn County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Potter [Linn County].
- Wisconsin
  - Calumet County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Potter [Calumet County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Potter ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in Potter 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 Potter County.

Appomattox
Artichoke	Pembroke

Copp	Springs

Mann	Welland
Morrill

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 Potter 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.