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Do you know of Ketcham ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Ketcham. 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 Ketcham.<1>

Our sources for Ketcham (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 Ketcham other than they indicate that Ketcham would be found somewhere in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1883 and closed  in 1894.

Communities Also Named Ketcham ...

We found one communities that share the name Ketcham.

Within Wisconsin, the name Ketcham is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, there is another community also named Ketcham in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Luzerne County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Ketcham [Luzerne County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Ketcham ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Ketcham:

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 Ketcham - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

More Orphans in  Fond du Lac 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 Fond du Lac County.

AlcoveMidland Junction
ArcadeMitchell
Armstrong's Corners 
AvocaNanaupa
 New Cassel
BadgerNorth Taycheedah
Bangor 
BingOceola
BothelleOwascus
  
Calumet VillagePrion
Ceresco 
 Reeds Corners
EggersvilleRipon Junction
El Dorado MillsRock River
EmpireRush Lake
 Ryan
Foster 
 Saint Joseph
HinesbergSeven Mile Creek
HollidaysSpringvale
 Summit Station
Kirkwood 
 Vandyne
Lambartine 
 Wolf Lake
MansfieldWoodhull Station

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/









 

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