Do you know of Alden ???

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

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

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.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1869 and closed  in 1902.

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 Alden ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Alden.

Within Wisconsin, the name Alden is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Jefferson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Alden [Jefferson County].
  • Colorado
    • Weld County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Alden [Weld County].
  • Illinois
    • McHenry County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Alden [McHenry County].
  • Iowa
    • Hardin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Alden [Hardin County].
  • Kansas
    • Rice County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alden [Rice County].
  • Michigan
    • Antrim County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Alden [Antrim County].
  • Minnesota
    • Freeborn County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Alden [Freeborn County].
  • Nebraska
    • Morrill County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Alden [Morrill County].
  • New York
    • Erie County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Alden [Erie County].
  • Ohio
    • Washington County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Alden [Washington County].
  • Oklahoma
    • Caddo County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Alden [Caddo County].
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Alden.
  • Pennsylvania
    • Luzerne County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Alden [Luzerne County].
  • Virginia
    • King George County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Alden [King George County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Alden ...

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

More Orphans in  Polk 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 Polk County.