Do you know of Star ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Star. 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 Star.
Our sources for Star (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Star other than they indicate that Star would be found somewhere in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
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 Star ...
We found 29 communities that share the name Star.
Within Wisconsin, the name Star is unique.
Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 29 communities, 27 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lamar County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Star [Lamar County].
- Alberta
- Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Star.
- Florida
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Star [Jackson County].
- Idaho
- Ada County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Star [Ada County].
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Graham 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 Kansas community of Star [Graham County].
- Greenwood 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 Kansas community of Star [Greenwood County].
- Stevens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Star [Stevens County].
- Louisiana
- Assumption Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Star [Assumption Parish].
- Avoyelles Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Star [Avoyelles Parish].
- Plaquemines Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Star [Plaquemines Parish].
- Michigan
- Alger County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Star [Alger County].
- Mississippi
- Rankin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Star [Rankin County].
- Missouri
- Montana
- Glacier County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Star [Glacier County].
- Nebraska
- Holt County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Star [Holt County].
- New Mexico
- Guadalupe County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Star [Guadalupe County].
- North Carolina
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Star [Montgomery County].
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Star.
- Tennessee
- Wayne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Star [Wayne County].
- Texas
- Virginia
- Carroll County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Star [Carroll County].
- West Virginia
- Randolph 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 West Virginia community of Star [Randolph County].
- Upshur 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 West Virginia community of Star [Upshur County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Star ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Star:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Star - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
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 | Manning |
| Coon Prairie | Muncie |
| Debello | Odin |
| Dell | Otter Vale |
| Goole | Potts Corners |
| Harmony | Sierra |
| 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 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 Star 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. |