Do you know of Argo ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Argo. 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 Argo.
Our sources for Argo (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 Argo other than they indicate that Argo would be found somewhere in Arapahoe County, Colorado.
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 Argo ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Argo.
Within Colorado, the name Argo is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Delaware
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Carroll 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 Illinois community of Argo [Carroll County].
- Cook 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 Illinois community of Argo [Cook County].
- Iowa
- Scott County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Argo [Scott County].
- Kentucky
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Argo [Pike County].
- Louisiana
- Catahoula Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Argo [Catahoula Parish].
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Crawford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Argo [Crawford County].
- Montana
- Broadwater County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Argo [Broadwater County].
- Nebraska
- Burt County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Argo [Burt County].
- Nevada
- Lyon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Argo [Lyon County].
- North Carolina
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Washington
- West Virginia
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Argo ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Argo:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Argo - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Colorado & Utah
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 1995
(Available from Amazon.com)
More Orphans in Arapahoe 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 Arapahoe County.
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 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 Argo 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. |