Do you know of Menoken ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Menoken. 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 Menoken.<1>
Our sources for Menoken (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 Menoken other than they indicate that Menoken would be found somewhere in Montrose County, Colorado.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1891 and closed in 1892.
Communities Also Named Menoken ...
We found three communities that share the name Menoken.
Within Colorado, the name Menoken is unique.
Beyond Colorado, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kansas
- Shawnee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Menoken [Shawnee County].
- North Dakota
- Burleigh County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Menoken [Burleigh County].
- Washington
- Columbia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Menoken [Columbia County].
- Kansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Menoken ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Menoken:
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 Menoken - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned
More Orphans in Montrose 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 Montrose County.
| Barnes | Fort Crawford |
| Brown | |
| Horsefly | |
| Cameville | Hydraulic |
| Cerro Summit | |
| Colona | Ouray Junction |
| Colorow | |
| Peagreen | |
| Eldridge | |
| Uranium |
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> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |