Do you know of Bishop ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bishop. 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 Bishop.<1>
We found mention of Bishop as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Whitman County, Washington.
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 1913 and closed in 1925.
Communities Also Named Bishop ...
We found 24 communities that share the name Bishop.
Within Washington, the name Bishop is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Colbert County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Bishop [Colbert County].
- Arkansas
- Little River 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 Arkansas community of Bishop [Little River County].
- California
- Inyo County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Bishop [Inyo County].
- Georgia
- Oconee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bishop [Oconee County].
- Illinois
- Mason County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Bishop [Mason County].
- Kansas
- Jewell 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 Kansas community of Bishop [Jewell County].
- Shawnee 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 Bishop [Shawnee County].
- Kentucky
- Fayette 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 Kentucky community of Bishop [Fayette County].
- Jefferson 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 Kentucky community of Bishop [Jefferson County].
- Perry 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 Kentucky community of Bishop [Perry County].
- Maine
- Aroostook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Bishop [Aroostook County].
- Maryland
- Worcester County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Bishop [Worcester County].
- Michigan
- Newaygo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Bishop [Newaygo County].
- Mississippi
- Scott 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 Mississippi community of Bishop [Scott County].
- Missouri
- Greene 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 Missouri community of Bishop [Greene County].
- North Carolina
- Brunswick County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Bishop [Brunswick County].
- Oklahoma
- Ellis 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 Oklahoma community of Bishop [Ellis County].
- Pennsylvania
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bishop [Washington County].
- Tennessee
- Dyer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bishop [Dyer County].
- Texas
- Cameron County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bishop [Cameron County].
- Erath 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 Bishop [Erath County].
- Nueces County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bishop [Nueces County].
- West Virginia
- McDowell County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Bishop [McDowell County].
- Wyoming
- Natrona County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Bishop [Natrona County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bishop ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Bishop:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
Camas Prairie Railroad Time Table (June 1954)
Published by Camas Prairie Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (January 1950)
Published by Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939)
Published by Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (March 1933)
Published by Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924)
Published by Union Pacific Railroad
More Orphans in Whitman 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 Whitman County.
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Bishop 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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |