Do you know of Minerva ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Minerva. 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 Minerva.

We found mention of Minerva as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Milwaukee 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.

Communities Also Named Minerva ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Minerva.

Within Wisconsin, the name Minerva is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
  - Marshall County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Minerva [Marshall County].
- Kansas
  - Labette 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 Minerva [Labette County].
- Kentucky
  - Mason County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Minerva [Mason County].
- Louisiana
  - Terrebonne 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 Minerva [Terrebonne Parish].
- Minnesota
  - Clearwater County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Minerva [Clearwater County].
- Mississippi
  - Montgomery County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Minerva [Montgomery County].
- Nevada
  - White Pine County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Minerva [White Pine County].
- New York
  - Essex County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Minerva [Essex County].
- Ohio
  - Carroll County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Minerva [Carroll County].
- Oregon
  - Lane County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Minerva [Lane County].
- Texas
  - Milam County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Minerva [Milam County].
- Virginia
  - Carroll 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 Virginia community of Minerva [Carroll County].
- West Virginia
  - Lincoln County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Minerva [Lincoln County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Minerva ...

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Minerva - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in Milwaukee 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 Milwaukee County.

Footnotes ...

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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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Minerva 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.