Do you know of El Salem ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about El Salem. 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 El Salem.<1>
Our sources for El Salem (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 El Salem other than they indicate that El Salem would be found somewhere in Polk County, Wisconsin.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1872 and closed in 1903.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for El Salem ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about El Salem:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for El Salem - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Polk 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 Polk County.
| Alabama | |
| Alden | Loraine |
| Alletta | |
| Avondale | North Valley |
| Black Brook | Osceola Mills |
| East Lincoln | Patterson |
| Pineville | |
| Farmington Centre | |
| Saint Croix Junction | |
| Gregory | South Farmington |
| Ilo | Wagon Landing |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |