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Do you know of Midlothian ???

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

We found mention of Midlothian as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Harper 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 1879 and closed  in 1885.

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 Midlothian ...

We found seven communities that share the name Midlothian.

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

Beyond Kansas, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Kansas ...
    • 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 Kansas community of Midlothian [Clark County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Midlothian [Cook County].
    • Maryland
      • Allegany County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Midlothian [Allegany County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Lincoln County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Midlothian [Lincoln County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Midlothian.
    • Texas
      • Ellis County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Midlothian [Ellis County].
    • Virginia
      • Chesterfield County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Midlothian [Chesterfield County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Midlothian ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

More Orphans in  Harper 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 Harper County.

BannerIda
BlackburnInyo
Bluff Creek 
 Joppa
Camchester 
Chrystal SpringsOkaw
CrystalOtego
Curran 
 Pilot Knob
Dannelle 
 Ruby
EmbryRuella Station
Eula 
 Shook
FergusonSonora
FoxSpring
 State Line
GossStohrville
  
Harper JunctionYankton
  

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 Midlothian 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/









 

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