Do you know of Pilot Knob ???

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

We found mention of Pilot Knob as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in San Diego County, California.

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.

Communities Also Named Pilot Knob ...

We found nine communities that share the name Pilot Knob.

Within California, the name Pilot Knob is unique.

Beyond California, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
  - Crawford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Pilot Knob [Crawford County].
- Kansas
  - Harper 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 Kansas community of Pilot Knob [Harper County].
  - Leavenworth County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Pilot Knob [Leavenworth County].
- Missouri
  - Iron County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Pilot Knob [Iron County].
- New York
  - Warren County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Pilot Knob [Warren County].
- Tennessee
  - Greene County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Pilot Knob [Greene County].
  - Sumner 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 Tennessee community of Pilot Knob [Sumner County].
- Texas
  - Travis County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Pilot Knob [Travis County].
- Wisconsin
  - Adams County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Pilot Knob [Adams County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Pilot Knob ...

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Pilot Knob - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in San Diego 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 San Diego County.

Allison	McGees
Alpine Station	Menifdee
Andrew Jackson	Merle
	Merton
Barbara Terrace	Mesquite
Bernardo	Milquatay
Birch Hill	Moosa
Bird Rock	Mortmere
Black Mountain	Mountain Spring
Borrego Wells
Brick Yards	Navajo
	Nellie
Cabazon	North Carlsbad
Cactus	North San Diego
Cahuilla	Nuevo
Camp Pendleton North
Camp Pendleton South	Ogilby
Canon Siding	Olivehain
Cardiff	Oneonta
Carriso Gorge	Orange Glen
Casa de Oro-Mount Helix	Orcutt
Castle Park - Otay
Chesterton	Pala Mesa Village
Chollas Valley	Palm Spring
Chula Vista Junction	Palmdale
College Grove Center	Palo Vista
College Plaza	Pendleton North
Cordero	Pendleton South
Coronado Brick Yards	Perris
Coronado Ferry	Playmor
Cota	Ponto
Cowles
Crown Point	Radec
Cudahy	Rainbow Valley
	Rancho La Costa
Diamente	Rose's Siding
Division	Royal Gardens
Dos Palmas	Ruthven
Doyle Center
Dry Camp	Sage
Drylyn	Salton
Dubbers	San Carlos
	San Jacinto
Egan	Sea Wall Spur
El Nido	Seven Palms
Elsinore	Siempreviva
	Soda Springs
Fallrock Junction	South Vista
Florentine	Southeastern
Flowing Well	Stowe
Frinks	Sumac
Fruitland	Sunshine Summit
	Sweetwater Dam
George Washington	Sweetwater Junction
Glamis
	Talica
Hawley	Terra Cotta
Helena	Terrace
Helix	Thermal
Hemet	Tia Juana
Hipass	Tia Junga Heights
Howe	Tia Junga Junction
	Tortuga
John Adams
	Vallvista
Kensington Park	Viejas
	Vineyard
La Jolla Mesa	Virginia
Lake Henshaw	Vista La Mesa
Lake Morena Village	Volcano Springs
Leon
Linda Mar Gardens	Walters
Linda Rosa	Warner
Loma Alta	West Escondido
Lomas Santa Fe	White Water
Los Angeles Junction	Wildomar
Lusardi	Winchester
	Witch Creek
Mammoth Tank
Manifee	Yager

Footnotes ...

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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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Pilot Knob 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.