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Do you know of Ashland ???

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

Our sources for Ashland (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 Ashland other than they indicate that Ashland would be found somewhere in Kit Carson County, Colorado.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1890 and closed  in 1909.

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 Ashland ...

We found 56 communities that share the name Ashland.

Within Colorado, the name Ashland is unique.

Beyond Colorado, we know of another 56 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 56 communities, 55 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Clay County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Ashland [Clay County].
      • Madison County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Ashland [Madison County].
    • California
      • Alameda County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Ashland [Alameda County].
    • Connecticut
      • New London County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Ashland [New London County].
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Ashland [New Castle County].
    • Georgia
      • Forsyth 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 Georgia community of Ashland [Forsyth County].
      • Franklin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Ashland [Franklin County].
      • Oconee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Ashland [Oconee County].
    • Illinois
      • Cass County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Ashland [Cass County].
    • Indiana
      • Henry County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Ashland [Henry County].
    • Iowa
      • Wapello County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Ashland [Wapello County].
    • Kansas
      • Clark County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Ashland [Clark County].
      • Ford 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 Ashland [Ford County].
      • Geary 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 Ashland [Geary County].
      • Ness 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 Ashland [Ness County].
      • Riley County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Ashland [Riley County].
    • Kentucky
      • Boyd County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Ashland [Boyd County].
    • Louisiana
      • Concordia Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Ashland [Concordia Parish].
      • Natchitoches Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Ashland [Natchitoches Parish].
      • Tensas Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Ashland [Tensas Parish].
      • Terrebonne Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Ashland [Terrebonne Parish].
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Ashland [Aroostook County].
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Ashland [Baltimore County].
      • Queen Anne's 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 Maryland community of Ashland [Queen Anne's County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Middlesex County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Ashland [Middlesex County].
    • Michigan
      • Alpena County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Ashland [Alpena County].
      • Newaygo County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Ashland [Newaygo County].
    • Mississippi
      • Benton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Ashland [Benton County].
      • Issaquena County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Ashland [Issaquena County].
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Ashland [Jefferson County].
      • Monroe County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Ashland [Monroe County].
    • Missouri
      • Boone County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Ashland [Boone County].
      • Saint Louis County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Ashland [Saint Louis County].
    • Montana
      • Rosebud County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Ashland [Rosebud County].
    • Nebraska
      • Saunders County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Ashland [Saunders County].
    • New Brunswick
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Ashland.
    • New Hampshire
      • Grafton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Ashland [Grafton County].
    • New Jersey
      • Camden County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Ashland [Camden County].
    • New York
      • Cayuga County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Ashland [Cayuga County].
      • Greene County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Ashland [Greene County].
    • North Carolina
      • Ashe County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Ashland [Ashe County].
      • Bertie County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Ashland [Bertie County].
      • Caswell County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Ashland [Caswell County].
    • Ohio
      • Ashland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Ashland [Ashland County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Pittsburg County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Ashland [Pittsburg County].
    • Oregon
      • Jackson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Ashland [Jackson County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clearfield County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Ashland [Clearfield County].
      • Schuylkill County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Ashland [Schuylkill County].
    • Rhode Island
      • Providence County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Ashland [Providence County].
    • South Carolina
      • Darlington 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 South Carolina community of Ashland [Darlington County].
      • Lee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Ashland [Lee County].
    • Tennessee
      • Wayne County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Ashland [Wayne County].
    • Texas
      • Upshur County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Ashland [Upshur County].
    • Virginia
      • Hanover County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Ashland [Hanover County].
    • West Virginia
      • McDowell County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Ashland [McDowell County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Ashland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Ashland [Ashland County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Ashland ...

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

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

More Orphans in  Kit Carson 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 Kit Carson County.

Avendale 
 Landsman
Beloit 
 Wallet
Claremont 
 Yale
Goff 

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 Ashland 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/









 

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