Do you know of Holbrook ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Holbrook. 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 Holbrook.<1>
Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Holbrook, so we are uncertain whether Holbrook is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Holbrook would be found somewhere in Boone County, West Virginia.
Communities Also Named Holbrook ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Holbrook.
There is one other community in West Virginia which is also named Holbrook.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Ritchie County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Holbrook [Ritchie County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Navajo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Holbrook [Navajo County].
- Georgia
- Cherokee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Holbrook [Cherokee County].
- Idaho
- Oneida County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Holbrook [Oneida County].
- Illinois
- Cook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Holbrook [Cook County].
- Iowa
- Iowa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Holbrook [Iowa County].
- Kentucky
- Grant County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Holbrook [Grant County].
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Holbrook [Baltimore County].
- Massachusetts
- Norfolk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Holbrook [Norfolk County].
- Michigan
- Sanilac County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Holbrook [Sanilac County].
- Nebraska
- Furnas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Holbrook [Furnas County].
- Nevada
- Douglas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Holbrook [Douglas County].
- New York
- Suffolk County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Holbrook [Suffolk County].
- North Carolina
- Cleveland County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Holbrook [Cleveland County].
- Stanly County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Holbrook [Stanly County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Holbrook.
- Oregon
- Multnomah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Holbrook [Multnomah County].
- Pennsylvania
- Greene County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Holbrook [Greene County].
- Utah
- Davis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Holbrook [Davis County].
More Orphans in Boone 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 Boone County.
Footnotes ...
<1> | 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. |
<2> | 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. |
<3> | 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 Holbrook 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. |