Do you know of Kerns ???

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

Our sources for Kerns (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 Kerns other than they indicate that Kerns would be found somewhere in Cowlitz County, Washington.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1890 and closed  in 1906.

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 Kerns ...

We found five communities that share the name Kerns.

Within Washington, the name Kerns is unique.

Beyond Washington, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Colorado
    • Larimer County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Kerns [Larimer County].
  • Minnesota
    • Nicollet County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Kerns [Nicollet County].
  • Montana
    • Gallatin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Kerns [Gallatin County].
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Kerns.
  • Virginia
    • Scott County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Kerns [Scott County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Kerns ...

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

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 Kerns - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Cowlitz 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 Cowlitz County.