Do you know of Paw Paw (aka 'Pan Pan') ???

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

We found mention of Paw Paw as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Elk 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 1872 and closed  in 1890.

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 Paw Paw ...

We found seven communities that share the name Paw Paw.

Within Kansas, the name Paw Paw is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Illinois
    • Lee County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Paw Paw [Lee County].
  • Kentucky
    • Pike County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Paw Paw [Pike County].
  • Michigan
    • Van Buren County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Paw Paw [Van Buren County].
  • Missouri
    • Sullivan County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Paw Paw [Sullivan County].
  • Oklahoma
    • Sequoyah County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Paw Paw [Sequoyah County].
  • West Virginia
    • Marion County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Paw Paw [Marion County].
    • Morgan County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Paw Paw [Morgan County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Paw Paw ...

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

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

More Orphans in  Elk 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 Elk County.