Do you know of Dowling ???

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

Our sources for Dowling (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 Dowling other than they indicate that Dowling would be found somewhere in Ouachita County, Arkansas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1889 and closed  in 1895.

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 Dowling ...

We found six communities that share the name Dowling.

Within Arkansas, the name Dowling is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, four are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alberta
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Dowling.
  • Michigan
    • Barry County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Dowling [Barry County].
  • Ohio
    • Wood County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Dowling [Wood County].
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Dowling.
  • South Dakota
    • Haakon County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Dowling [Haakon County].
  • Texas
    • Jefferson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Dowling [Jefferson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Dowling ...

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

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

More Orphans in  Ouachita 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 Ouachita County.