Do you know of Loraine ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1875 and closed  in 1953.

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 Loraine ...

We found five communities that share the name Loraine.

Within Wisconsin, the name Loraine is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • California
    • Kern County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Loraine [Kern County].
  • Illinois
    • Adams County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Loraine [Adams County].
  • North Dakota
    • Renville County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Loraine [Renville County].
  • South Carolina
    • Bamberg County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Loraine [Bamberg County].
  • Texas
    • Mitchell County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Loraine [Mitchell County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Loraine ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Loraine - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Shell Oil Road Map for Wisconsin (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

The FIPS database contains an entry for Loraine.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 55/45800   (Place Name: Loraine)

County: Polk     (FIPS State/County: 55/095)

Class: X3

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.