Do you know of Geneva ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Geneva. 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 Geneva.
We found mention of Geneva as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Walworth 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.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1839 and closed in 1882.
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.
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.
Communities Also Named Geneva ...
We found 41 communities that share the name Geneva.
Within Wisconsin, the name Geneva is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another 41 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 41 communities, 39 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Sevier County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Geneva [Sevier County].
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Geneva [Hillsborough County].
- Orange County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Geneva [Orange County].
- Seminole County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Geneva [Seminole County].
- Georgia
- Talbot County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Geneva [Talbot County].
- Idaho
- Bear Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Geneva [Bear Lake County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Allen County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Geneva [Allen County].
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Lenawee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Geneva [Lenawee County].
- Van Buren County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Geneva [Van Buren County].
- Minnesota
- Freeborn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Geneva [Freeborn County].
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Fillmore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Geneva [Fillmore County].
- Nevada
- Lander County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Geneva [Lander County].
- New York
- Ontario County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Geneva [Ontario County].
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Geneva.
- Oregon
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Geneva [Jefferson County].
- Pennsylvania
- Crawford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Geneva [Crawford County].
- Quebec
- Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Geneva.
- Rhode Island
- Providence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Geneva [Providence County].
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Wayne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Geneva [Wayne County].
- Texas
- Utah
- Utah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Geneva [Utah County].
- Washington
- Whatcom County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Geneva [Whatcom County].
- West Virginia
- Roane County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Geneva [Roane County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Geneva ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Geneva:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
More Orphans in Walworth 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 Walworth County.
| Baker's Corners | Robinson Hillside |
| Bay Hill | Robinson |
| East Troy Lake | South Grove |
| Sugar Creek | |
| Fayetteville | |
| Tirade | |
| Geneva Bay | |
| Genevesta | Vienna |
| Genoa | |
| Wandawega | |
| Pecks Station | White River Village |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Geneva 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |