Do you know of Coalton ???

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

Our sources for Coalton (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 Coalton other than they indicate that Coalton would be found somewhere in Monroe County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1861 and closed  in 1899.

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 Coalton ...

We found six communities that share the name Coalton.

Within Iowa, the name Coalton is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Illinois
    • Montgomery County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Coalton [Montgomery County].
    • Vermilion County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Coalton [Vermilion County].
  • Kentucky
    • Boyd County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Coalton [Boyd County].
  • Ohio
    • Jackson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Coalton [Jackson County].
  • Oklahoma
    • Okmulgee County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Coalton [Okmulgee County].
  • West Virginia
    • Randolph County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Coalton [Randolph County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Coalton ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.

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

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

Iowa State Gazetteers
Written by: Hair, James T.
Published by Bailey & Hair
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

More Orphans in  Monroe 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 Monroe County.