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Do you know of Merritt ???

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

We found mention of Merritt as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Leavenworth 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.

Communities Also Named Merritt ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Merritt.

Within Kansas, the name Merritt is unique.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Pike 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 Merritt [Pike County].
    • British Columbia
      • Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Merritt.
    • California
      • Yolo County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Merritt [Yolo County].
    • Georgia
      • Emanuel County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Merritt [Emanuel County].
    • Illinois
      • Scott County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Merritt [Scott County].
    • Kentucky
      • Clark 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 Kentucky community of Merritt [Clark County].
    • Michigan
      • Missaukee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Merritt [Missaukee County].
    • Mississippi
      • Washington 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 Mississippi community of Merritt [Washington County].
    • Missouri
      • Douglas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Merritt [Douglas County].
    • Montana
      • Custer 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 Montana community of Merritt [Custer County].
    • North Carolina
      • Pamlico County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Merritt [Pamlico County].
    • Ohio
      • Meigs County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Merritt [Meigs County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Beckham County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Merritt [Beckham County].
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Merritt.
    • South Dakota
      • Lawrence County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Merritt [Lawrence County].
    • Tennessee
      • Giles 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 Merritt [Giles County].
    • Washington
      • Chelan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Merritt [Chelan County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Merritt ...

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Merritt - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in  Leavenworth 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 Leavenworth County.

AckerlandMiocene
AlexandriaMoore's Summit
AlfaMoore's
 Moravian Mission
BastionMount Aurora
BellMount Olive
BolingMount Olivet
Bonner 
BriggsvaleNeeley
 Newcastle
CenterNuato
Centerville 
CincinnatiOgdenburg
ClarksvilleOle
Clementville 
 Penitentiary Station
DaferPensenaus Landing
DaisyPensineau
Dawson's FordPetersburg
Delaware CrossingPilot Knob
DrydalePleasant Lodge
 Pleasant Ridge
East LeavenworthPope
EdministerProgress
Eight Mile House 
EvanstonRapps Mills
 Renco
FairholmeRively's Trading Post
FallRiverside
Fort LeavenworthRoss
  
GreenbushSalem
 Salt Creek
Half Way HouseSarcoxie
HardvilleSeuferts
HarkinessSherman
HastingsvilleSomerville
Hawk HollowSouth Leavenworth
High PrairieSpring Valley
Honey ValleyStandish
Hund's StationStanley's
 Stanwood
JaggardSteuben
JayStranger Valley
JunctionStranger Village
 Summerville
Kanzas Jesuit MissionSummit
Kickapoo Methodist Mission 
 Uniontown
LattavilleUsher
Lebreton 
 Wade
MarburgWeimar
MariaWilson's Trading Post
MartensburgWimir
MartinsburgWymer
Mason Ford 

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 Merritt 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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