Do you know of Circleville ???

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

We found mention of Circleville as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Polk County, Iowa.

Communities Also Named Circleville ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Circleville.

Within Iowa, the name Circleville is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
  - Tazewell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Circleville [Tazewell County].
- Indiana
  - Clinton 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 Indiana community of Circleville [Clinton County].
  - Rush County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Circleville [Rush County].
- Kansas
  - Jackson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Circleville [Jackson County].
- Missouri
  - Cape Girardeau County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Circleville [Cape Girardeau County].
- New York
  - Orange County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Circleville [Orange County].
- Ohio
  - Pickaway County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Circleville [Pickaway County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Westmoreland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Circleville [Westmoreland County].
- Texas
  - Travis County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Circleville [Travis County].
  - Williamson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Circleville [Williamson County].
- Utah
  - Piute County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Circleville [Piute County].
- Virginia
  - Loudoun County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Circleville [Loudoun County].
- West Virginia
  - Pendleton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Circleville [Pendleton County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Circleville ...

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

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 Polk 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 Polk County.

Footnotes ...

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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.

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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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Circleville 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.