Do you know of Caldwell ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Caldwell. 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 Caldwell.
Our sources for Caldwell (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 Caldwell other than they indicate that Caldwell would be found somewhere in Clinton County, Pennsylvania.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1879 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 Caldwell ...
We found 35 communities that share the name Caldwell.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Caldwell.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 34 communities, 32 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Lycoming County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Caldwell [Lycoming County].
- Lycoming County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Saint Clair County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Caldwell [Saint Clair County].
- Alberta
- Arkansas
- Saint Francis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Caldwell [Saint Francis County].
- California
- Fresno County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Caldwell [Fresno County].
- Georgia
- Floyd 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 Georgia community of Caldwell [Floyd County].
- Gwinnett County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Caldwell [Gwinnett County].
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Caldwell [Union County].
- Idaho
- Canyon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Caldwell [Canyon County].
- Illinois
- Piatt 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 Illinois community of Caldwell [Piatt County].
- Tazewell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Caldwell [Tazewell County].
- Kansas
- Bourbon 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 Caldwell [Bourbon County].
- Mitchell 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 Caldwell [Mitchell County].
- Sumner County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Caldwell [Sumner County].
- Kentucky
- Pendleton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Caldwell [Pendleton County].
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Caldwell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Caldwell [Caldwell County].
- Montana
- Phillips County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Caldwell [Phillips County].
- Nebraska
- Scotts Bluff County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Caldwell [Scotts Bluff County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Caldwell.
- New Jersey
- Essex County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Caldwell [Essex County].
- New York
- North Carolina
- Gaston County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Caldwell [Gaston County].
- Mecklenburg County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Caldwell [Mecklenburg County].
- Orange County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Caldwell [Orange County].
- Ohio
- Quebec
- Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Caldwell.
- South Carolina
- Colleton County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Caldwell [Colleton County].
- Newberry 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 South Carolina community of Caldwell [Newberry County].
- Tennessee
- Bedford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Caldwell [Bedford County].
- Texas
- West Virginia
- Greenbrier County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Caldwell [Greenbrier County].
- Wisconsin
- Racine County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Caldwell [Racine County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Caldwell ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Caldwell:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Caldwell - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Caldwell.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 42/10728 (Place Name: Caldwell)
County: Clinton (FIPS State/County: 42/035)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Caldwell) 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 Clinton 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 Clinton County.
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 Caldwell 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/ |