Do you know of Atlanta ???

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

Our sources for Atlanta (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 Atlanta other than they indicate that Atlanta would be found somewhere in Buchanan County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1857 and closed  in 1875.

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 Atlanta ...

We found 21 communities that share the name Atlanta.

Within Iowa, the name Atlanta is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, twenty are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Arkansas
    • Columbia County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Atlanta [Columbia County].
  • California
    • San Joaquin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Atlanta [San Joaquin County].
  • Colorado
    • Baca County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Atlanta [Baca County].
  • Delaware
    • Sussex County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Atlanta [Sussex County].
  • Georgia
    • Fulton County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Atlanta [Fulton County].
  • Idaho
    • Elmore County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Atlanta [Elmore County].
  • Illinois
    • Logan County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Atlanta [Logan County].
  • Indiana
    • Hamilton County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Atlanta [Hamilton County].
  • Kansas
    • Cowley County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Atlanta [Cowley County].
  • Kentucky
    • Laurel County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Atlanta [Laurel County].
  • Louisiana
    • Winn Parish
    • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Atlanta [Winn Parish].
  • Michigan
    • Montmorency County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Atlanta [Montmorency County].
  • Mississippi
    • Chickasaw County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Atlanta [Chickasaw County].
  • Missouri
    • Macon County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Atlanta [Macon County].
  • Nebraska
    • Phelps County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Atlanta [Phelps County].
  • Nevada
    • Lincoln County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Atlanta [Lincoln County].
  • New York
    • Steuben County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Atlanta [Steuben County].
  • Nova Scotia
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Atlanta.
  • Ohio
    • Pickaway County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Atlanta [Pickaway County].
  • Texas
    • Cass County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Atlanta [Cass County].
  • Washington
    • Skagit County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Atlanta [Skagit County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Atlanta ...

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

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

Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.

Iowa State Gazetteers
Written by: Hair, James T.
Published by Bailey & Hair
(Available from Amazon.com)

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

More Orphans in  Buchanan 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 Buchanan County.