Do you know of Petroleum ???

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

We found mention of Petroleum as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Vernon 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.<2>

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1866 and closed  in 1873.

Communities Also Named Petroleum ...

We found five communities that share the name Petroleum.

Within Wisconsin, the name Petroleum is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • California
    • Santa Cruz County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Petroleum [Santa Cruz County].
  • Indiana
    • Wells County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Petroleum [Wells County].
  • Kentucky
    • Allen County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Petroleum [Allen County].
  • Ohio
    • Trumbull County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Petroleum [Trumbull County].
  • West Virginia
    • Ritchie County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Petroleum [Ritchie County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Petroleum ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

More Orphans in  Vernon 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 Vernon County.