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Do you know of Linwood ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Linwood. 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 Linwood.

Our sources for Linwood (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 Linwood other than they indicate that Linwood would be found somewhere in Oconto County, Wisconsin.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1885 and closed  in 1888.

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 Linwood ...

We found 40 communities that share the name Linwood.

Within Wisconsin, the name Linwood is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another 40 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 40 communities, 38 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Pike County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Linwood [Pike County].
    • Arkansas
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Linwood [Jefferson County].
    • Georgia
      • Bartow 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 Georgia community of Linwood [Bartow County].
      • Fulton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Linwood [Fulton County].
      • Walker County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Linwood [Walker County].
    • Indiana
      • Madison County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Linwood [Madison County].
      • Marion 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 Indiana community of Linwood [Marion County].
    • Iowa
      • Adair County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Linwood [Adair County].
      • Scott County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Linwood [Scott County].
    • Kansas
      • Leavenworth County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Linwood [Leavenworth County].
    • Kentucky
      • Grayson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Linwood [Grayson County].
      • Hart County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Linwood [Hart County].
    • Louisiana
      • Plaquemines Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Linwood [Plaquemines Parish].
      • Saint Mary Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Linwood [Saint Mary Parish].
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Linwood [Carroll County].
      • Howard County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Linwood [Howard County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Linwood [Worcester County].
    • Michigan
      • Bay County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Linwood [Bay County].
      • Houghton 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 Linwood [Houghton County].
      • Wayne County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Linwood [Wayne County].
    • Minnesota
      • Anoka County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Linwood [Anoka County].
    • Mississippi
      • Adams County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Linwood [Adams County].
      • Neshoba County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Linwood [Neshoba County].
      • Tate County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Linwood [Tate County].
      • Yazoo County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Linwood [Yazoo County].
    • Nebraska
      • Butler County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Linwood [Butler County].
    • New Jersey
      • Atlantic County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Linwood [Atlantic County].
      • Bergen County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Linwood [Bergen County].
    • New York
      • Livingston County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Linwood [Livingston County].
    • North Carolina
      • Davidson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Linwood [Davidson County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Linwood.
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Linwood [Hamilton County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Linwood.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Delaware County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Linwood [Delaware County].
    • Tennessee
      • Wilson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Linwood [Wilson County].
    • Texas
      • Brazoria County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Linwood [Brazoria County].
      • Cherokee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Linwood [Cherokee County].
    • Utah
      • Linwood #
      • 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 Utah community of Linwood.
    • Washington
      • Spokane 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 Washington community of Linwood [Spokane County].
    • West Virginia
      • Pocahontas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Linwood [Pocahontas County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Linwood ...

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

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 Linwood - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Oconto 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 Oconto County.

Anderson 
 Keegan
ClaywoodKelley Brook
  
GardnerTimme
  
Hart'sWheeler
HickoryWilcox

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 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 Linwood 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/









 

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