Do you know of Paynesville ???

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

Our sources for Paynesville (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 Paynesville other than they indicate that Paynesville would be found somewhere in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1868 and closed  in 1901.

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 Paynesville ...

We found seven communities that share the name Paynesville.

Within Wisconsin, the name Paynesville is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • California
    • Alpine County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Paynesville [Alpine County].
  • Indiana
    • Jefferson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Paynesville [Jefferson County].
  • Michigan
    • Ontonagon County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Paynesville [Ontonagon County].
  • Minnesota
    • Stearns County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Paynesville [Stearns County].
  • Missouri
    • Pike County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Paynesville [Pike County].
  • New York
    • Allegany County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Paynesville [Allegany County].
  • West Virginia
    • McDowell County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Paynesville [McDowell County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Paynesville ...

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

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 Paynesville - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

More Orphans in  Milwaukee 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 Milwaukee County.