Do you know of Erastus ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1883 and closed  in 1904.

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 Erastus ...

We found three communities that share the name Erastus.

Within Iowa, the name Erastus is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Georgia
    • Banks County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Erastus [Banks County].
  • North Carolina
    • Jackson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Erastus [Jackson County].
  • Ohio
    • Mercer County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Erastus [Mercer County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Erastus ...

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

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 Erastus - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Guthrie 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 Guthrie County.