Do you know of Floodwood ???

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

Our sources for Floodwood (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 Floodwood other than they indicate that Floodwood would be found somewhere in Athens County, Ohio.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1871 and closed  in 1913.

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 Floodwood ...

We found three communities that share the name Floodwood.

Within Ohio, the name Floodwood is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Michigan
    • Dickinson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Floodwood [Dickinson County].
  • Minnesota
    • Saint Louis County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Floodwood [Saint Louis County].
  • New York
    • Franklin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Floodwood [Franklin County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Floodwood ...

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

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 Floodwood - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

George#&160;F. Cram Map (1901)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Floodwood.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 39/27440   (Place Name: Floodwood)

County: Athens     (FIPS State/County: 39/009)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Floodwood) 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  Athens 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 Athens County.