Do you know of Garfield ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Garfield. 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 Garfield.
Our sources for Garfield (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 Garfield other than they indicate that Garfield would be found somewhere in Fairfax County, Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1881 and closed in 1907.
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.
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.
Communities Also Named Garfield ...
We found 47 communities that share the name Garfield.
Within Virginia, the name Garfield is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 47 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 47 communities, 45 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Benton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Garfield [Benton County].
- California
- Fresno County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Garfield [Fresno County].
- Kern 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 California community of Garfield [Kern County].
- Colorado
- Chaffee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Garfield [Chaffee County].
- Florida
- Volusia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Garfield [Volusia County].
- Georgia
- Emanuel County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Garfield [Emanuel County].
- Idaho
- Illinois
- La Salle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Garfield [La Salle County].
- Indiana
- Marion County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Garfield [Marion County].
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Garfield [Montgomery County].
- Iowa
- Appanoose County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Garfield [Appanoose County].
- Kansas
- Barton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Garfield [Barton County].
- Crawford 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 Kansas community of Garfield [Crawford County].
- Pawnee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Garfield [Pawnee County].
- Kentucky
- Breckinridge County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Garfield [Breckinridge County].
- Louisiana
- Caddo Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Garfield [Caddo Parish].
- Maine
- Maryland
- Frederick County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Garfield [Frederick County].
- Michigan
- Saginaw County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Garfield [Saginaw County].
- Wayne County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Garfield [Wayne County].
- Minnesota
- Douglas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Garfield [Douglas County].
- Missouri
- Oregon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Garfield [Oregon County].
- Nebraska
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Garfield [Lincoln County].
- Nevada
- Mineral County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Garfield [Mineral County].
- New Jersey
- Bergen County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Garfield [Bergen County].
- New Mexico
- Dona Ana County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Garfield [Dona Ana County].
- New York
- Rensselaer County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Garfield [Rensselaer County].
- North Carolina
- Rowan County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Garfield [Rowan County].
- North Dakota
- Garfield #
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Garfield.
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Clackamas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Garfield [Clackamas County].
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Garfield [Allegheny County].
- Berks County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Garfield [Berks County].
- Warren County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Garfield [Warren County].
- Prince Edward Island
- Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Garfield.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- DeWitt County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Garfield [DeWitt County].
- Galveston County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Garfield [Galveston County].
- Travis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Garfield [Travis County].
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Garfield [Salt Lake County].
- Vermont
- Lamoille County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Garfield [Lamoille County].
- Washington
- Whitman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Garfield [Whitman County].
- West Virginia
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Garfield [Jackson County].
- Wisconsin
- Portage County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Garfield [Portage County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Garfield ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Garfield:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Garfield - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Fairfax 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 Fairfax County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Garfield 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |