Do you know of Bark River ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bark 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 Bark River.<1> We found mention of Bark River as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Jefferson 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.<2> From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1846 and closed in 1870. Communities Also Named Bark River ...We found one communities that share the name Bark River. Within Wisconsin, the name Bark River is unique. Beyond Wisconsin, there is another community also named Bark River in the United States.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bark River ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Bark River: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3> Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
More Orphans in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County.
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