Do you know of Engle ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Engle. 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 Engle.<1>
Our source wasn't clear whether Engle was a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Engle would be found somewhere in Columbia County, Wisconsin.
Communities Also Named Engle ...
We found eight communities that share the name Engle.
Within Wisconsin, the name Engle is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Izard County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Engle [Izard County].
- Colorado
- Las Animas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Engle [Las Animas County].
- Kentucky
- Estill County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Engle [Estill County].
- Perry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Engle [Perry County].
- Missouri
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Engle [Jefferson County].
- New Mexico
- Sierra County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Engle [Sierra County].
- Texas
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Engle [Fayette County].
- West Virginia
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Engle [Jefferson County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Engle ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Engle:
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 Engle.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 55/24085 (Place Name: Engle)
County: Columbia (FIPS State/County: 55/021)
Class: X3
More Orphans in Columbia 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 Columbia County.
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> | 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. |
<3> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Engle 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. |