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Do you know of Long Point ???

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

We found mention of Long Point as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Addison County, Vermont.

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 1901 and closed  in 1903.

Communities Also Named Long Point ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Long Point.

Within Vermont, the name Long Point is unique.

Beyond Vermont, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and six are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Bay County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Long Point [Bay County].
    • Illinois
      • Livingston County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Long Point [Livingston County].
    • Iowa
      • Tama County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Long Point [Tama County].
    • Maryland
      • Anne Arundel County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Long Point [Anne Arundel County].
    • Michigan
      • Cheboygan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Long Point [Cheboygan County].
    • Minnesota
      • Lake of the Woods County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Long Point [Lake of the Woods County].
    • New Brunswick
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Long Point.
    • New York
      • Yates 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 New York community of Long Point [Yates County].
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Long Point.
    • Nova Scotia
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Long Point.
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Long Point.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clarion 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 Long Point [Clarion County].
    • South Carolina
      • Horry County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Long Point [Horry County].
    • Texas
      • Fort Bend County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Long Point [Fort Bend County].
      • Harris 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 Texas community of Long Point [Harris County].
      • Harrison 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 Texas community of Long Point [Harrison County].
      • Washington 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 Texas community of Long Point [Washington County].
    • Virginia
      • Portsmouth City
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Long Point [Portsmouth City].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Long Point ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

The FIPS database contains an entry for Long Point.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 50/40375   (Place Name: Long Point)

County: Addison     (FIPS State/County: 50/001)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Long Point) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Addison 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 Addison County.

Arnold BayNew Haven Station
 North Orwell
Basin Harbor 
Button BayOtter Creek
  
Chipmans PointPotash Bay
Crown PointPotash Point
  
FerrisburgShoreham Center
 Shoreham Station
Lapham BayStump Station
Larrabees PointSummer Point
Leicester Corners 
 Townline
Mile Point 
MonktonWeybridge Lower Falls
MonktonridgeWhiting Station
  

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 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 Long Point 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/









 

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