Do you know of Manning ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Manning. 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 Manning.
Our sources for Manning (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 Manning other than they indicate that Manning would be found somewhere in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1887 and closed in 1900.
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 Manning ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Manning.
Within Wisconsin, the name Manning is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, nineteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Manning.
- Arkansas
- Dallas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Manning [Dallas County].
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Manning.
- Florida
- Baker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Manning [Baker County].
- Georgia
- Laurens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Manning [Laurens County].
- Iowa
- Carroll County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Manning [Carroll County].
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Bienville Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Manning [Bienville Parish].
- Michigan
- Cheboygan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Manning [Cheboygan County].
- Saginaw 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 Manning [Saginaw County].
- Nebraska
- New York
- Orleans County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Manning [Orleans County].
- North Dakota
- Dunn County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Manning [Dunn County].
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Manning [Washington County].
- South Carolina
- Clarendon County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Manning [Clarendon County].
- Texas
- Angelina County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Manning [Angelina County].
- Utah
- Utah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Manning [Utah County].
- Virginia
- Suffolk City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Manning [Suffolk City].
- Washington
- Whitman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Manning [Whitman County].
- Alberta
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Manning ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Manning:
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 Manning - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
The FIPS database contains an entry for Manning.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 55/48650 (Place Name: Manning)
County: Vernon (FIPS State/County: 55/123)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Manning) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Vernon 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 Vernon County.
| Breckenridge | Kickapoo |
| Bristow | |
| Burr | Lovass |
| Chipmunk Cooley | Muncie |
| Coon Prairie | |
| Odin | |
| Debello | Otter Vale |
| Dell | |
| Potts Corners | |
| Goole | |
| Sierra | |
| Harmony | Star |
| Kickapoo Center | Wood |
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 Manning 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/ |