Do you know of Bucyrus ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1876 and closed  in 1876.

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 Bucyrus ...

We found five communities that share the name Bucyrus.

Within Iowa, the name Bucyrus is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Kansas
    • Miami County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bucyrus [Miami County].
  • Missouri
    • Texas County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bucyrus [Texas County].
  • North Dakota
    • Adams County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Bucyrus [Adams County].
  • Ohio
    • Crawford County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bucyrus [Crawford County].
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Bucyrus.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bucyrus ...

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

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.

More Orphans in  Mahaska County ...

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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 Mahaska County.