Do you know of Alder ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Alder. 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 Alder.<1>

We found mention of Alder as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Ashland County, Wisconsin.

Communities Also Named Alder ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Alder.

Within Wisconsin, the name Alder is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
  - Saguache County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Alder [Saguache County].
- Michigan
  - Alger County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Alder [Alger County].
  - Marquette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Alder [Marquette County].
- Minnesota
  - Itasca County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Alder [Itasca County].
- Montana
  - Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Alder [Madison County].
- Nevada
  - Elko County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Alder [Elko County].
- Ontario
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Alder.
- Oregon
  - Benton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Alder [Benton County].
  - Wallowa County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Alder [Wallowa County].
- Tennessee
  - Campbell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Alder [Campbell County].
- Washington
  - Pierce County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Alder [Pierce County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Alder ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in Ashland 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 Ashland County.

Footnotes ...

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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.

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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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Alder 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.