Do you know of Beaver ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Beaver. 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 Beaver.
Our sources for Beaver (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 Beaver other than they indicate that Beaver would be found somewhere in Converse County, Wyoming.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1887 and closed in 1909.
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 Beaver ...
We found 44 communities that share the name Beaver.
Within Wyoming, the name Beaver is unique.
Beyond Wyoming, we know of another 44 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 44 communities, 42 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- Please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Beaver.
- Arkansas
- Carroll County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Beaver [Carroll County].
- Colorado
- Idaho
- Iowa
- Boone County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Beaver [Boone County].
- Kansas
- Barton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Beaver [Barton County].
- Cowley 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 Beaver [Cowley County].
- Osborne 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 Beaver [Osborne County].
- Rawlins 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 Beaver [Rawlins County].
- Sedgwick 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 Beaver [Sedgwick County].
- Sheridan 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 Beaver [Sheridan County].
- Kentucky
- Floyd County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Beaver [Floyd County].
- Louisiana
- Evangeline Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Beaver [Evangeline Parish].
- Saint Landry Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Beaver [Saint Landry Parish].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Beaver.
- Massachusetts
- Plymouth County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Beaver [Plymouth County].
- Michigan
- Alger 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 Beaver [Alger County].
- Bay County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Beaver [Bay County].
- Delta County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Beaver [Delta County].
- Marquette 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 Michigan community of Beaver [Marquette County].
- Minnesota
- Winona County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Beaver [Winona County].
- Missouri
- Douglas 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 Missouri community of Beaver [Douglas County].
- Phelps 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 Missouri community of Beaver [Phelps County].
- Montana
- Nevada
- Elko County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Beaver [Elko County].
- New Mexico
- Socorro County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Beaver [Socorro County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Ohio
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Beaver [Pike County].
- Oklahoma
- Beaver County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Beaver [Beaver County].
- Oregon
- Tillamook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Beaver [Tillamook County].
- Pennsylvania
- Beaver County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Beaver [Beaver County].
- Chester 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 Pennsylvania community of Beaver [Chester County].
- Dauphin 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 Pennsylvania community of Beaver [Dauphin County].
- Huntingdon 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 Pennsylvania community of Beaver [Huntingdon County].
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Tipton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Beaver [Tipton County].
- Texas
- Anderson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Beaver [Anderson County].
- Wichita 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 Texas community of Beaver [Wichita County].
- Utah
- Beaver County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Beaver [Beaver County].
- Virginia
- Wythe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Beaver [Wythe County].
- Washington
- Clallam County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Beaver [Clallam County].
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Marinette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Beaver [Marinette County].
- Alaska
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Beaver ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Beaver:
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 Beaver - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Converse 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 Converse County.
| Big Muddy | Laprele |
| Breakneck Hill | |
| Nylin | |
| Dave | |
| Theresa | |
| Fetterman | Tolland |
| Fisher | |
| Fort Fetterman | Van Tassels |
| Verse | |
| Hat Creek | Voorhees |
| Inez | Wolcott |
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 Beaver 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/ |