Do you know of East Rio ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about East Rio. 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 East Rio.
We found mention of East Rio as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Columbia County, Wisconsin.
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.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for East Rio ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about East Rio:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for East Rio - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)
The FIPS database contains an entry for East Rio.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 55/22050 (Place Name: East Rio)
County: Columbia (FIPS State/County: 55/021)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, East Rio) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Columbia 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 Columbia County.