Do you know of Cape Horn ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Cape Horn. 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 Cape Horn.

Our sources for Cape Horn (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 Cape Horn other than they indicate that Cape Horn would be found somewhere in Skamania County, Washington.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1883 and closed  in 1942.

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 Cape Horn ...

We found five communities that share the name Cape Horn.

Within Washington, the name Cape Horn is unique.

Beyond Washington, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • California
    • Alpine County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Cape Horn [Alpine County].
    • Mendocino County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Cape Horn [Mendocino County].
    • Placer County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Cape Horn [Placer County].
  • Idaho
    • Custer County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Cape Horn [Custer County].
  • Nevada
    • Lander County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Cape Horn [Lander County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cape Horn ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

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

More Orphans in  Skamania County ...

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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 Skamania County.