Do you know of Baxter ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Baxter. 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 Baxter.
Our sources for Baxter (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 Baxter other than they indicate that Baxter would be found somewhere in Mariposa County, California.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1890 and closed in 1907.
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 Baxter ...
We found 28 communities that share the name Baxter.
There are two communities within California that are also named Baxter.
Beyond California, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 26 communities, 27 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In California ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Drew County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Baxter [Drew County].
- Colorado
- Pueblo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Baxter [Pueblo County].
- Florida
- Baker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Baxter [Baker County].
- Georgia
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Baxter [Union County].
- Iowa
- Jasper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Baxter [Jasper County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Harlan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Baxter [Harlan County].
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Baxter [Jefferson County].
- Michigan
- Wexford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Baxter [Wexford County].
- Minnesota
- Crow Wing County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Baxter [Crow Wing County].
- Mississippi
- Jasper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Baxter [Jasper County].
- Missouri
- Montana
- Fergus County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Baxter [Fergus County].
- Nebraska
- Scotts Bluff County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Baxter [Scotts Bluff County].
- North Carolina
- Henderson County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Baxter [Henderson County].
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Baxter [Jefferson County].
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Putnam County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Baxter [Putnam County].
- Texas
- Henderson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Baxter [Henderson County].
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Dunn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Baxter [Dunn County].
- Wyoming
- Sweetwater County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Baxter [Sweetwater County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Baxter ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Baxter:
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 Baxter - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Mariposa County ...
Can you help?
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 Mariposa County.
| Cathay | Lewis |
| Chowcilla | |
| Maxwell's Creek | |
| Grants Springs | |
| Greeley Hill | Pine City |
| Hunters Valley | Yo Semite |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Baxter could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |