Do you know of Scanlon ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Scanlon. 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 Scanlon.
Our sources for Scanlon (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Scanlon other than they indicate that Scanlon would be found somewhere in Crittenden County, Arkansas.
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 Scanlon ...
We found three communities that share the name Scanlon.
Within Arkansas, the name Scanlon is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Taylor County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Scanlon [Taylor County].
- Minnesota
- Carlton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Scanlon [Carlton County].
- Mississippi
- Newton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Scanlon [Newton County].
- Florida
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Scanlon ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Scanlon:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Scanlon - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Crittenden 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 Crittenden County.