Do you know of Lotus ???

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

We found mention of Lotus as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Harris County, Texas.

Communities Also Named Lotus ...

We found eight communities that share the name Lotus.

Within Texas, the name Lotus is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
  - El Dorado County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Lotus [El Dorado County].
- Florida
  - Brevard County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Lotus [Brevard County].
- Idaho
  - Benewah County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Lotus [Benewah County].
- Illinois
  - Champaign County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Lotus [Champaign County].
- Indiana
  - Union County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Lotus [Union County].
- Kentucky
  - Bullitt County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Lotus [Bullitt County].
- Louisiana
  - Natchitoches Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Lotus [Natchitoches Parish].
- 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 Lotus.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lotus ...

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

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)
Published by Southern Pacific Railroad

Rand McNally Map of Texas (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in Harris 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 Harris County.

Airline Village
Aldine Gardens	Kelin
Anson Jones	Kenwood Place
Armco	Knob Oaks
	Korville
Baurs
Bay Plaza	Lake Cypress
Bayport	Lake Forest
Bayview	Lakeside Park
Baywood	Lakewood
Beelers	Little York
Bender	Long Point
Binglewood	Lyncrest
Bob Harris
Briargrove Park	Mabry
Bunker Hill	McDonough
Busco	Meadowbrook
	Memorial Park
Casey
Cedar	Newport
Cross Timbers	Niles
Cypress Bend	North Houston Heights
Cypress Top	North Shepherd

Dawes	Orr
Deepwater Terrace
Deepwater	Park Glen
Denver Harbor	Port Houston
Dixico
Dumont	Quality

East River	River Oaks
Eastex Oaks Village	Roy Royall
Eden
Englewood	Sam Houston
Erin	San Jacinto
Eureka	Scoville
	Shady Trees
Fair Meadows	Sinco
Fairview	South Park
Fauna	South Post Oak
Fern	Southmore
Flamingo Bay	Spence
Fondren	Spring Creek
Forest Cove	Stella
Forest West	Stewart Heights
Fortune	Stuebner
	Sunset Heights
Garden City	Swan Lagoon
Garden Villas
Gardentown	Tewena
Garth	Thompson
Gatewood	Thompson's
Gish	Timber Cove
Greens	Timberlake
Gum Island	Tod

Hardy	Vollmer
Harvest Heights
Hillendahl	Websterville
Hillside Gardens	West Baytown
Hockley Mine	West Junction
Houseville	West Park
Howellville	Westgate
Humble Hieghts	Westheimer
	Westmoreland Farms
Independence Heights	Whispering Oaks
Irvington	Whit
	Wilchester
Jeterow	William Rice
John Allen	Wynnewood
John Foster
Joyce	Zimbl

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 Lotus 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.