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Do you know of Austin ???

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

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Austin, so we are uncertain whether Austin is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Austin would be found somewhere in Sumner County, Kansas.

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 Austin ...

We found 42 communities that share the name Austin.

There is one other community in Kansas which is also named Austin.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another 41 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 41 communities, 39 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Kansas ...
    • Neosho County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Austin [Neosho County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Pickens 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 Alabama community of Austin [Pickens County].
    • Arkansas
      • Conway County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Austin [Conway County].
      • Lonoke County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Austin [Lonoke County].
      • Van Buren County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Austin [Van Buren County].
    • California
      • Santa Clara County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Austin [Santa Clara County].
    • Colorado
      • Delta County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Austin [Delta County].
      • Garfield 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 Colorado community of Austin [Garfield County].
    • Georgia
      • Morgan 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 Austin [Morgan County].
    • Idaho
      • Twin Falls County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Austin [Twin Falls County].
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Austin [Cook County].
    • Indiana
      • Scott County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Austin [Scott County].
    • Kentucky
      • Barren County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Austin [Barren County].
    • Manitoba
      • Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Austin.
    • Michigan
      • Hillsdale County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Austin [Hillsdale County].
      • Kalamazoo 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 Austin [Kalamazoo County].
      • Marquette County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Austin [Marquette County].
      • Oakland 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 Michigan community of Austin [Oakland County].
    • Minnesota
      • Mower County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Austin [Mower County].
    • Mississippi
      • Tunica County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Austin [Tunica County].
    • Missouri
      • Cass County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Austin [Cass County].
      • Dunklin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Austin [Dunklin County].
    • Montana
      • Lewis and Clark County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Austin [Lewis and Clark County].
    • Nebraska
      • Sherman County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Austin [Sherman County].
    • Nevada
      • Lander County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Austin [Lander County].
    • New York
      • Cattaraugus 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 Austin [Cattaraugus County].
      • Cayuga County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Austin [Cayuga County].
    • North Carolina
      • Wilkes County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Austin [Wilkes County].
    • Ohio
      • Ross County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Austin [Ross County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Austin.
    • Oregon
      • Grant County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Austin [Grant County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Potter County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Austin [Potter County].
    • Quebec
      • Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Austin.
    • Rhode Island
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Austin [Washington County].
    • South Carolina
      • Laurens County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Austin [Laurens County].
    • Tennessee
      • Hardin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Austin [Hardin County].
      • Wilson 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 Tennessee community of Austin [Wilson County].
    • Texas
      • Travis County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Austin [Travis County].
    • Utah
      • Sevier County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Austin [Sevier County].
    • Washington
      • Island County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Austin [Island County].
      • Spokane County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Austin [Spokane County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Jackson 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 Wisconsin community of Austin [Jackson County].

More Orphans in  Sumner 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 Sumner County.

Abrellville 
AftonLittleton
AltonLondon
ArcolaLone Star
Argyle 
AvonMallory
 Mannings Point
BarnardMarengo
BelboneMay Day
BeverlyMissouri Flat
Big Cottonwood CrossingMonroe
BlackstoneMount Chetopa
Blandford 
Bluff CityNapamalla
BoonNew Bedford
Bowling GreenNew Ninnescah
 Ninnescah
Carl CityNorthfield
Centennial 
ChickaskiaOccident
CisneOrchard Grove
Clear DaleOrie
Concord 
 Palestine
Doster StationPontoon
DublinPurcell
  
EminenceRay
 Roy
Falls 
 Salt City
GlascowSing Sing
Glen ValleySlate Creek Ranch
Gueda SpringsSpring City
GuelphSpring Dell
 Sunny Slope
HamdenSunset
Hearst Crossing 
HessvilleUnion City
Hunnewell Junction 
 Wellington Junction
KitleyWoodlawn
Knox 

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 Austin 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.









 

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