Do you know of Farmersville ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Farmersville. 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 Farmersville.<1>
Our sources for Farmersville (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 Farmersville other than they indicate that Farmersville would be found somewhere in Mahaska County, Iowa.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1866 and closed in 1871.
Communities Also Named Farmersville ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Farmersville.
Within Iowa, the name Farmersville is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lowndes County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Farmersville [Lowndes County].
- California
- Tulare County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Farmersville [Tulare County].
- Georgia
- Chattooga County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Farmersville [Chattooga County].
- Illinois
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Farmersville [Montgomery County].
- Indiana
- Posey County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Farmersville [Posey County].
- Kansas
- Osage 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 Farmersville [Osage County].
- Kentucky
- Caldwell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Farmersville [Caldwell County].
- Massachusetts
- Barnstable County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Farmersville [Barnstable County].
- Missouri
- Livingston County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Farmersville [Livingston County].
- New Jersey
- Hunterdon County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Farmersville [Hunterdon County].
- Monmouth County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Farmersville [Monmouth County].
- New York
- Cattaraugus County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Farmersville [Cattaraugus County].
- Ohio
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Farmersville [Montgomery County].
- Pennsylvania
- Lancaster County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Farmersville [Lancaster County].
- Northampton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Farmersville [Northampton County].
- Texas
- Collin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Farmersville [Collin County].
- Wisconsin
- Dodge County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Farmersville [Dodge County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Farmersville ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Farmersville:
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.
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
More Orphans in Mahaska 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 Mahaska County.
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Farmersville 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/ |