Do you know of Sheldon ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Sheldon. 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 Sheldon.
Our sources for Sheldon (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 Sheldon other than they indicate that Sheldon would be found somewhere in Allen County, Indiana.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1870 and closed in 1970.
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 Sheldon ...
We found 24 communities that share the name Sheldon.
Within Indiana, the name Sheldon is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 23 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Greenlee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Sheldon [Greenlee County].
- California
- Sacramento County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Sheldon [Sacramento County].
- Illinois
- Iroquois County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Sheldon [Iroquois County].
- Iowa
- O'Brien County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Sheldon [O'Brien County].
- Kansas
- Harvey County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Sheldon [Harvey County].
- Sedgwick 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 Sheldon [Sedgwick County].
- Michigan
- Ottawa 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 Michigan community of Sheldon [Ottawa County].
- Wayne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Sheldon [Wayne County].
- Minnesota
- Houston County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Sheldon [Houston County].
- Missouri
- Vernon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Sheldon [Vernon County].
- Montana
- New York
- Wyoming County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Sheldon [Wyoming County].
- North Dakota
- Ransom County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Sheldon [Ransom County].
- Ohio
- Ottawa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Sheldon [Ottawa County].
- Perry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Sheldon [Perry County].
- Pickaway County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Sheldon [Pickaway County].
- Vinton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Sheldon [Vinton County].
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- Luzerne 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 Sheldon [Luzerne County].
- Susquehanna County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Sheldon [Susquehanna County].
- South Carolina
- Beaufort County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Sheldon [Beaufort County].
- Texas
- Harris County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Sheldon [Harris County].
- Vermont
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Sheldon [Franklin County].
- Wisconsin
- Rusk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Sheldon [Rusk County].
- Arizona
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Sheldon ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Sheldon:
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 Sheldon - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Sheldon 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/ |