Do you know of Black River ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Black River. 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 Black River.
Our sources for Black River (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 Black River other than they indicate that Black River would be found somewhere in King County, Washington.
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 Black River ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Black River.
Within Washington, the name Black River is unique.
Beyond Washington, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, nine are located in the United States and nine are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
- Catahoula Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Black River [Catahoula Parish].
- Concordia Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Black River [Concordia Parish].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Black River.
- Maryland
- Baltimore 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 Maryland community of Black River [Baltimore County].
- Michigan
- Alcona County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Black River [Alcona County].
- Allegan 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 Black River [Allegan County].
- Minnesota
- Koochiching 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 Minnesota community of Black River [Koochiching County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Black River.
- New York
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Black River [Jefferson County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Black River.
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Black River.
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Black River.
- Wisconsin
- Douglas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Black River [Douglas County].
- Sheboygan 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 Wisconsin community of Black River [Sheboygan County].
- Louisiana
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Black River ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Black River:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Black River - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
The FIPS database contains an entry for Black River.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 53/06435 (Place Name: Black River)
County: King (FIPS State/County: 53/033)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Black River) 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 King 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 King 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 Black River 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. |