Do you know of Paddock ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Paddock. 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 Paddock.
Our sources for Paddock (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Paddock other than they indicate that Paddock would be found somewhere in Otter Tail County, Minnesota.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1883 and closed in 1907.
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 Paddock ...
We found five communities that share the name Paddock.
Within Minnesota, the name Paddock is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Nebraska
- Texas
- Harris County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Paddock [Harris County].
- Vermont
- Caledonia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Paddock [Caledonia County].
- Washington
- Walla Walla County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Paddock [Walla Walla County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Paddock ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Paddock:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Paddock - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
The FIPS database contains an entry for Paddock.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 27/49426 (Place Name: Paddock)
County: Otter Tail (FIPS State/County: 27/111)
Class: X3
More Orphans in Otter Tail 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 Otter Tail County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |