Do you know of Charlestown ???

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

We found mention of Charlestown as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Doniphan 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 1857 and closed  in 1860.

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 Charlestown ...

We found fifteen communities that share the name Charlestown.

Within Kansas, the name Charlestown is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Indiana
    • Clark County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Charlestown [Clark County].
  • Kentucky
    • Mason County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Charlestown [Mason County].
  • Maryland
    • Allegany County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Charlestown [Allegany County].
    • Baltimore County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Charlestown [Baltimore County].
    • Cecil County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Charlestown [Cecil County].
  • Massachusetts
    • Suffolk County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Charlestown [Suffolk County].
  • Nebraska
    • York County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Charlestown [York County].
  • New Hampshire
    • Sullivan County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Charlestown [Sullivan County].
  • New Jersey
    • Hunterdon County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Charlestown [Hunterdon County].
  • Ohio
    • Portage County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Charlestown [Portage County].
  • Oregon
    • Umatilla County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Charlestown [Umatilla County].
  • Pennsylvania
    • Armstrong County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Charlestown [Armstrong County].
    • Chester County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Charlestown [Chester County].
    • Franklin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Charlestown [Franklin County].
  • Rhode Island
    • Washington County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Charlestown [Washington County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Charlestown ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

More Orphans in  Doniphan 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 Doniphan County.