Do you know of Carleton ???

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

We found mention of Carleton as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Putnam County, Florida.

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.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1904 and closed  in 1923.

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 Carleton ...

We found six communities that share the name Carleton.

Within Florida, the name Carleton is unique.

Beyond Florida, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, three are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Michigan
    • Monroe County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Carleton [Monroe County].
  • Nebraska
    • Thayer County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Carleton [Thayer County].
  • Nova Scotia
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Carleton.
  • Oklahoma
    • Blaine County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Carleton [Blaine County].
  • Prince Edward Island
    • Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Carleton.
  • Quebec
    • Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Carleton.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Carleton ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

The FIPS database contains an entry for Carleton.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 12/10525   (Place Name: Carleton)

County: Putnam     (FIPS State/County: 12/107)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Carleton) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Putnam 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 Putnam County.