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Do you know of Manitou ???

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

Our sources for Manitou (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 Manitou other than they indicate that Manitou would be found somewhere in El Paso County, Colorado.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1872 and closed  in 1936.

Communities Also Named Manitou ...

We found ten communities that share the name Manitou.

Within Colorado, the name Manitou is unique.

Beyond Colorado, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, eight are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Hopkins County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Manitou [Hopkins County].
    • Manitoba
      • Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Manitou.
    • Minnesota
      • Hennepin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Manitou [Hennepin County].
      • Koochiching County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Manitou [Koochiching County].
    • New York
      • Putnam County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Manitou [Putnam County].
    • North Dakota
      • Mountrail County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Manitou [Mountrail County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Tillman County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Manitou [Tillman County].
    • Quebec
      • Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Manitou.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Manitou [King County].
      • Pierce County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Manitou [Pierce County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Manitou ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Manitou.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 08/48335   (Place Name: Manitou (Manitou Springs))

County: El Paso     (FIPS State/County: 08/041)

Class: X3

More Orphans in  El Paso 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 El Paso County.

Academy HillsManitou Junction
AcademyMcFerran
AlbanoThe Mesa
AlnwickMountain View
Alpine Acres 
 North End
BeaumontNorth Pole
BierstadtNorthridge
Bijou Basin 
BorstOverton
Brookwood 
Butterworth FlatPikes Peak Park
 Pikes Peak
Cable JunctionPortland Heights
CadetPring
Carlton 
Cascade CanonQuarry
Chapel Hills 
Cheyenne CanonRamona
Colorado CityRockrimmon
CragmorRustic Hills
Cresta VistaRuxton Park
Crews 
CulverSecurity - Widefield
CurtisSkyline
 Skyway Park
DivideSkyway
DyerSommers
 Southwater
EastonSquirrel Creek
EdgertonStratton Park
EdisonSublime
ElesmereSuffolk
 Summit Park
Franceville JunctionSummit
FrancevilleSunview
 Surber
Garden of the Gods 
GwillimsvilleTable Rock
 Templeton
HanoverTip Top
Hulbert 
HustedUte Pass Park
  
Jimmy CampVenetian Village
 Vista Grande
Kenmuir 
 Wayne
LevisyWeissport
Little ButtesWheatland
LytleWindy Point
 Woodland Park
Manitou Iron SpringsWoodmen

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>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 Manitou 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.
<3>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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