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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1889 and closed  in 1899.

Communities Also Named Sleeth ...

We found one communities that share the name Sleeth.

Within Arkansas, the name Sleeth is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, there is another community also named Sleeth in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Carroll County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Sleeth [Carroll County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Sleeth ...

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

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

More Orphans in  Jefferson 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 Jefferson County.

Astor 
 Macon
BankheadMelton
Bellville 
BushNorth Cedar
 Nubia
Camp Creek 
CarsonOak Park
 Oakville
Dew Drop 
DollarwayPinecrest
 Piney Grove
England Junction 
 Rainey
Flat BayouReed
 Reform
Garretson's LandingRichland
Grace 
GracieSmart
GreelySouth Pine Bluff
Greenback 
GreerToronto
  
HockersVictoria
Hoodsville 
 Wampler Spur
Jefferson SpringsWhite Bluff
 White Sulphur Springs
LakewoodWillamette
Locust CottageWindom
Loomis 

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/