Do you know of Abingdon ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Abingdon. 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 Abingdon.<1> We found mention of Abingdon as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Windham County, Connecticut. It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2> From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1827. Communities Also Named Abingdon ...We found eight communities that share the name Abingdon. Within Connecticut, the name Abingdon is unique. Beyond Connecticut, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada. In addition to the above occurrences of Abingdon, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Abingdon ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Abingdon: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3> More Orphans in Windham 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 Windham County. Footnotes ...
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