Do you know of Lancaster ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Lancaster. 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 Lancaster.
Our sources for Lancaster (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 Lancaster other than they indicate that Lancaster would be found somewhere in Keokuk County, Iowa.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1847 and closed in 1904.
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 Lancaster ...
We found 38 communities that share the name Lancaster.
Within Iowa, the name Lancaster is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another 38 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 38 communities, 35 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Yavapai County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Lancaster [Yavapai County].
- Arkansas
- Crawford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Lancaster [Crawford County].
- California
- Los Angeles County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Lancaster [Los Angeles County].
- Florida
- Lake County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Lancaster [Lake County].
- Suwannee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Lancaster [Suwannee County].
- Georgia
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Lancaster [Marion County].
- Wayne County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Lancaster [Wayne County].
- Illinois
- Lake County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Lancaster [Lake County].
- Peoria County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Lancaster [Peoria County].
- Wabash County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Lancaster [Wabash County].
- Indiana
- Clay County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Lancaster [Clay County].
- Huntington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Lancaster [Huntington County].
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Lancaster [Jefferson County].
- Kansas
- Atchison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lancaster [Atchison County].
- Miami County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lancaster [Miami County].
- Kentucky
- Garrard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Lancaster [Garrard County].
- Maryland
- Charles County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Lancaster [Charles County].
- Massachusetts
- Worcester County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Lancaster [Worcester County].
- Minnesota
- Kittson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Lancaster [Kittson County].
- Missouri
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Lancaster.
- New Hampshire
- Coos County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Lancaster [Coos County].
- New York
- Erie County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Lancaster [Erie County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Lancaster.
- North Carolina
- Edgecombe County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Lancaster [Edgecombe County].
- Ohio
- Fairfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Lancaster [Fairfield County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Lancaster.
- Oregon
- Lane County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Lancaster [Lane County].
- Malheur County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Lancaster [Malheur County].
- Pennsylvania
- Lancaster County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Lancaster [Lancaster County].
- South Carolina
- Lancaster County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Lancaster [Lancaster County].
- Tennessee
- Smith County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Lancaster [Smith County].
- Texas
- Dallas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Lancaster [Dallas County].
- Virginia
- Lancaster County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Lancaster [Lancaster County].
- Washington
- Whitman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Lancaster [Whitman County].
- Wisconsin
- Grant County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Lancaster [Grant County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lancaster ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Lancaster:
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.
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Lancaster - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
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
Map from 1905 (unknown title/publisher)
Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Keokuk 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 Keokuk County.
| Baden | Milan |
| Butler | |
| Nassau | |
| Divide | |
| Pecks | |
| Edom | |
| Walden | |
| Manhattan | White Pigeon |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Lancaster 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |