Do you know of Black Hawk ???

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

Our sources for Black Hawk (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 Black Hawk other than they indicate that Black Hawk would be found somewhere in Louisa County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1837 and closed in 1839.

Communities Also Named Black Hawk ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Black Hawk.

There is one other community in Iowa which is also named Black Hawk.

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

Communities Located In Iowa ...
- Scott County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Black Hawk [Scott County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
  - Sierra County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Black Hawk [Sierra County].
- Colorado
  - Gilpin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Black Hawk [Gilpin County].
- Kansas
  - Osborne 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 Kansas community of Black Hawk [Osborne County].
- Kentucky
  - Caldwell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Black Hawk [Caldwell County].
- Louisiana
  - Concordia Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Black Hawk [Concordia Parish].
- Mississippi
  - Carroll County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Black Hawk [Carroll County].
- Missouri
  - Clark County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Black Hawk [Clark County].
- Montana
  - Meagher 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 Montana community of Black Hawk [Meagher County].
- New Mexico
  - Grant County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Black Hawk [Grant County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Black Hawk.
- South Dakota
  - Meade County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Black Hawk [Meade County].
- Wisconsin
  - Sauk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Black Hawk [Sauk County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Black Hawk ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in Louisa 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 Louisa County.

Big Springs
	Ononwa
Clifton
Concord	Palo Alto

Elrick	Spring Run

Florence	Twin Oak
Forest Hill
	Virginia Grove
Harrison
Hope Farm	West Keithsburg

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 Black Hawk 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/