Do you know of English Settlement ???

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

Our sources for English Settlement (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 English Settlement other than they indicate that English Settlement would be found somewhere in Marion County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1850 and closed  in 1878.

Communities Also Named English Settlement ...

We found two communities that share the name English Settlement.

Within Iowa, the name English Settlement is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Missouri
    • Saint Clair County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of English Settlement [Saint Clair County].
  • New Brunswick
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of English Settlement.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for English Settlement ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

More Orphans in  Marion 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 Marion County.