Do you know of Plymouth ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Plymouth. 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 Plymouth.
We found mention of Plymouth as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Pontotoc County, Mississippi.
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 1887 and closed in 1908.
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 Plymouth ...
We found 37 communities that share the name Plymouth.
There is one other community in Mississippi which is also named Plymouth.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another 36 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 36 communities, 35 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Mississippi ...
- Lowndes County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Plymouth [Lowndes County].
- Lowndes County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- California
- Amador County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Plymouth [Amador County].
- Connecticut
- Litchfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Plymouth [Litchfield County].
- Delaware
- Kent County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Plymouth [Kent County].
- Florida
- Orange County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Plymouth [Orange County].
- Illinois
- Hancock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Plymouth [Hancock County].
- Indiana
- Marshall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Plymouth [Marshall County].
- Iowa
- Cerro Gordo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Plymouth [Cerro Gordo County].
- Plymouth County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Plymouth [Plymouth County].
- Van Buren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Plymouth [Van Buren County].
- Kansas
- Brown 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 Plymouth [Brown County].
- Jewell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Plymouth [Jewell County].
- Lyon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Plymouth [Lyon County].
- Maine
- Penobscot County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Plymouth [Penobscot County].
- Massachusetts
- Plymouth County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Plymouth [Plymouth County].
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Hennepin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Plymouth [Hennepin County].
- Missouri
- Carroll County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Plymouth [Carroll County].
- Nebraska
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Plymouth [Jefferson County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Plymouth.
- New Hampshire
- Grafton County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Plymouth [Grafton County].
- New York
- Chenango County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Plymouth [Chenango County].
- North Carolina
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Plymouth [Washington County].
- North Dakota
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Plymouth.
- Ohio
- Ashtabula County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Plymouth [Ashtabula County].
- Fayette 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 Ohio community of Plymouth [Fayette County].
- Huron County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Plymouth [Huron County].
- Pennsylvania
- Luzerne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Plymouth [Luzerne County].
- Utah
- Box Elder County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Plymouth [Box Elder County].
- Vermont
- Windsor County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Plymouth [Windsor County].
- Virginia
- Lunenburg County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Plymouth [Lunenburg County].
- Washington
- Benton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Plymouth [Benton County].
- West Virginia
- Putnam County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Plymouth [Putnam County].
- Wisconsin
- Sheboygan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Plymouth [Sheboygan County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Plymouth ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Plymouth:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
The FIPS database contains an entry for Plymouth.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 28/58760 (Place Name: Plymouth)
County: Pontotoc (FIPS State/County: 28/115)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Plymouth) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Pontotoc 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 Pontotoc County.
| Benbell | Judah |
| Birmingham | |
| Brame | Mud Creek |
| Cedar Grove | Pontocola |
| Cofer | Prideville |
| Cox | Primrose |
| Pueblo | |
| Elvira | |
| Red Land | |
| Goodfood | |
| Topsy |
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Plymouth 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/ |