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Do you know of Mahon ???

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

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

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 Mahon ...

We found five communities that share the name Mahon.

There is one other community in Kentucky which is also named Mahon.

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

  • Communities Located In Kentucky ...
    • Marshall 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 Mahon [Marshall County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Huntington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Mahon [Huntington County].
    • Kansas
      • Leavenworth County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mahon [Leavenworth County].
    • Mississippi
      • Marshall County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Mahon [Marshall County].
    • Texas
      • Panola 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 Texas community of Mahon [Panola County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Mahon ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Whitley County ...

Can you help?

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 Whitley County.

AlsileMeadorsville
AngelMeadow Creek
AshtonMudd
 Mullis
Bark Camp Mills 
Bark CampNancy
Birch 
BoutyOak Hill
BrummettOtas
Brummett's Station 
Burk HollowParkers
 Patterson Creek
Cumberland FallsPine Knot
 Poleyton
DeeringPolleyton
Dishman 
 Rye
Fritz 
 Silome
HalseySouth Corbin
HillSpruceburg
Holly HillSumner
 Suttons Mill
Jellico 
JonesTeague
 Tidalwave
Kensee 
KeswickWatts Creek
 Whitman
LasoWild Cat
LegalWilkerson
  
Marsh CreekZenith
MaxieZiza

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Mahon 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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