Do you know of Comstock ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Comstock. 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 Comstock.
Our sources for Comstock (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 Comstock other than they indicate that Comstock would be found somewhere in Wapello County, Iowa.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1861 and closed in 1877.
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 Comstock ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Comstock.
Within Iowa, the name Comstock is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Michigan
- Kalamazoo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Comstock [Kalamazoo County].
- Minnesota
- Clay County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Comstock [Clay County].
- Nebraska
- Custer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Comstock [Custer County].
- Nevada
- New York
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Comstock [Washington County].
- North Dakota
- Benson County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Comstock [Benson County].
- Ohio
- Scioto County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Comstock [Scioto County].
- Oregon
- Douglas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Comstock [Douglas County].
- Texas
- Val Verde County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Comstock [Val Verde County].
- Utah
- Wisconsin
- Barron County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Comstock [Barron County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Comstock ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Comstock:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
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 Comstock - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
More Orphans in Wapello 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 Wapello County.
| Agency City | |
| Ashland Crossing | Kirkville Station |
| Bridge | Laddsdale |
| Carver | Nanisee |
| Coopersville | |
| South Ottumwa | |
| Godfrey | |
| Village | |
| Highland |
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 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 Comstock 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/ |