Do you know of Modoc ???

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

We found mention of Modoc as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Jewell 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 1875 and closed  in 1876.

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 Modoc ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Modoc.

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

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

• Communities Located In Kansas ...
  • Scott County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Modoc [Scott County].

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Arkansas
    • Phillips County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Modoc [Phillips County].
  • Georgia
    • Emanuel County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Modoc [Emanuel County].
  • Illinois
    • Randolph County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Modoc [Randolph County].
  • Indiana
    • Randolph County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Modoc [Randolph County].
  • Kentucky
    • Cumberland County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Modoc [Cumberland County].
  • Missouri
    • Audrain County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Modoc [Audrain County].
  • New Mexico
    • Dona Ana County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Modoc [Dona Ana County].
  • Ohio
    • Athens County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Modoc [Athens County].
  • South Carolina
    • McCormick County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Modoc [McCormick County].
  • West Virginia
    • Greenbrier County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Modoc [Greenbrier County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Modoc ...

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

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

More Orphans in  Jewell 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 Jewell County.