Do you know of Wilmington ???

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

Our sources for Wilmington (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 Wilmington other than they indicate that Wilmington would be found somewhere in Walker County, Alabama.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1873 and closed  in 1906.

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 Wilmington ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Wilmington.

Within Alabama, the name Wilmington is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • California
    • Los Angeles County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Wilmington [Los Angeles County].
  • Delaware
    • New Castle County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Wilmington [New Castle County].
  • Georgia
    • Chatham County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Wilmington [Chatham County].
  • Illinois
    • Greene County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Wilmington [Greene County].
    • Will County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Wilmington [Will County].
  • Indiana
    • Dearborn County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Wilmington [Dearborn County].
  • Kansas
    • Wabaunsee County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Wilmington [Wabaunsee County].
  • Massachusetts
    • Middlesex County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Wilmington [Middlesex County].
  • Minnesota
    • Houston County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Wilmington [Houston County].
  • New York
    • Essex County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Wilmington [Essex County].
  • North Carolina
    • New Hanover County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Wilmington [New Hanover County].
  • Ohio
    • Clinton County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Wilmington [Clinton County].
    • Holmes County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Wilmington [Holmes County].
    • Tuscarawas County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Wilmington [Tuscarawas County].
  • Utah
    • Salt Lake County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Wilmington [Salt Lake County].
  • Vermont
    • Windham County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Wilmington [Windham County].
  • Virginia
    • Fluvanna County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wilmington [Fluvanna County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Wilmington ...

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

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 Wilmington - 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  Walker 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 Walker County.