Do you know of Mount Parthenon ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Mount Parthenon. 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 Mount Parthenon.<1>

Our sources for Mount Parthenon (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 Mount Parthenon other than they indicate that Mount Parthenon would be found somewhere in Newton County, Arkansas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1851 and closed  in 1895.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Mount Parthenon ...

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

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

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

Rand McNally Map of Arkansas (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

William Bradley Map (1889)
Published by William M. Bradley and Brothers

More Orphans in  Newton 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 Newton County.