Do you know of Ashland ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Ashland. 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 Ashland.
We found mention of Ashland as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Geary County, Kansas.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1855 and closed in 1868.
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 Ashland ...
We found 56 communities that share the name Ashland.
There are four communities within Kansas that are also named Ashland.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another 52 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 52 communities, 55 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- California
- Alameda County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Ashland [Alameda County].
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- New London County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Ashland [New London County].
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Ashland [New Castle County].
- Georgia
- Forsyth 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 Georgia community of Ashland [Forsyth County].
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Ashland [Franklin County].
- Oconee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Ashland [Oconee County].
- Illinois
- Cass County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Ashland [Cass County].
- Indiana
- Henry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Ashland [Henry County].
- Iowa
- Wapello County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Ashland [Wapello County].
- Kentucky
- Boyd County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Ashland [Boyd County].
- Louisiana
- Concordia Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Ashland [Concordia Parish].
- Natchitoches Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Ashland [Natchitoches Parish].
- Tensas Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Ashland [Tensas Parish].
- Terrebonne Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Ashland [Terrebonne Parish].
- Maine
- Aroostook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Ashland [Aroostook County].
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Ashland [Baltimore County].
- Queen Anne's 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 Maryland community of Ashland [Queen Anne's County].
- Massachusetts
- Middlesex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Ashland [Middlesex County].
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Benton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Ashland [Benton County].
- Issaquena County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Ashland [Issaquena County].
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Ashland [Jefferson County].
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Ashland [Monroe County].
- Missouri
- Montana
- Rosebud County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Ashland [Rosebud County].
- Nebraska
- Saunders County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Ashland [Saunders County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Ashland.
- New Hampshire
- Grafton County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Ashland [Grafton County].
- New Jersey
- Camden County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Ashland [Camden County].
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ashe County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Ashland [Ashe County].
- Bertie County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Ashland [Bertie County].
- Caswell County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Ashland [Caswell County].
- Ohio
- Ashland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Ashland [Ashland County].
- Oklahoma
- Pittsburg County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Ashland [Pittsburg County].
- Oregon
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Ashland [Jackson County].
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Providence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Ashland [Providence County].
- South Carolina
- Darlington 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 Ashland [Darlington County].
- Lee County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Ashland [Lee County].
- Tennessee
- Wayne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Ashland [Wayne County].
- Texas
- Upshur County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Ashland [Upshur County].
- Virginia
- Hanover County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Ashland [Hanover County].
- West Virginia
- McDowell County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Ashland [McDowell County].
- Wisconsin
- Ashland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Ashland [Ashland County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Ashland ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Ashland:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
More Orphans in Geary 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 Geary 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 Ashland 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/ |