Do you know of Baldwin ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Baldwin. 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 Baldwin.
Our sources for Baldwin (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 Baldwin other than they indicate that Baldwin would be found somewhere in Allen County, Indiana.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1890 and closed in 1917.
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 Baldwin ...
We found 36 communities that share the name Baldwin.
Within Indiana, the name Baldwin is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another 36 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 36 communities, 35 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Cullman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Baldwin [Cullman County].
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Gunnison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Baldwin [Gunnison County].
- Florida
- Duval County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Baldwin [Duval County].
- Georgia
- Banks County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Baldwin [Banks County].
- Illinois
- Cook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Baldwin [Cook County].
- Greene 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 Illinois community of Baldwin [Greene County].
- Randolph County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Baldwin [Randolph County].
- Iowa
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Baldwin [Jackson County].
- Kentucky
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Baldwin [Madison County].
- Louisiana
- Saint Mary Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Baldwin [Saint Mary Parish].
- Maine
- Cumberland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Baldwin [Cumberland County].
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Baldwin [Baltimore County].
- Michigan
- Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Baldwin [Lake County].
- Missouri
- Mississippi County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Baldwin [Mississippi County].
- New York
- Essex County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Baldwin [Essex County].
- Nassau County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Baldwin [Nassau County].
- Queens 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 New York community of Baldwin [Queens County].
- North Carolina
- Ashe County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Baldwin [Ashe County].
- Moore 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 North Carolina community of Baldwin [Moore County].
- North Dakota
- Burleigh County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Baldwin [Burleigh County].
- Ohio
- Clermont 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 Ohio community of Baldwin [Clermont County].
- Paulding County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Baldwin [Paulding County].
- Williams County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Baldwin [Williams County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Baldwin.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Baldwin [Allegheny County].
- Butler 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 Baldwin [Butler County].
- Delaware County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Baldwin [Delaware County].
- South Carolina
- 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 South Carolina community of Baldwin [Chester County].
- Laurens County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Baldwin [Laurens County].
- Texas
- Harrison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Baldwin [Harrison County].
- Virginia
- Botetourt County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Baldwin [Botetourt County].
- West Virginia
- Gilmer County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Baldwin [Gilmer County].
- Wisconsin
- Saint Croix County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Baldwin [Saint Croix County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Baldwin ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Baldwin:
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 Baldwin - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)
More Orphans in Allen 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 Allen County.
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Baldwin 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/ |