Do you know of Livingston ???

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

Our sources for Livingston (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Livingston other than they indicate that Livingston would be found somewhere in Appanoose County, Iowa.

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 Livingston ...

We found 37 communities that share the name Livingston.

Within Iowa, the name Livingston is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of another 37 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 37 communities, 36 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Sumter County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Livingston [Sumter County].
- Arizona
  - Gila County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Livingston [Gila County].
- Arkansas
  - Stone 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 Arkansas community of Livingston [Stone County].
- California
  - Merced County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Livingston [Merced County].
- Florida
  - Hillsborough County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Livingston [Hillsborough County].
  - Orange 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 Livingston [Orange County].
- Georgia
  - Floyd County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Livingston [Floyd County].
  - Worth County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Livingston [Worth County].
- Illinois
  - Clark County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Livingston [Clark County].
  - Knox 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 Livingston [Knox County].
  - Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Livingston [Madison County].
- Indiana
  - Monroe 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 Livingston [Monroe County].
- Kansas
  - Cherokee 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 Livingston [Cherokee County].
- Kentucky
  - Caldwell 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 Kentucky community of Livingston [Caldwell County].
  - Rockcastle County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Livingston [Rockcastle County].
- Louisiana
  - Livingston Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Livingston [Livingston Parish].
- Michigan
  - Berrien County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Livingston [Berrien County].
- Mississippi
  - Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Livingston [Madison County].
  - Washington 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 Mississippi community of Livingston [Washington County].
- Missouri
  - Henry County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Livingston [Henry County].
  - Jackson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Livingston [Jackson County].
- Montana
  - Park County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Livingston [Park County].
- New Jersey
  - Essex County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Livingston [Essex County].
- New York
  - Columbia County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Livingston [Columbia County].
  - Kings 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 New York community of Livingston [Kings County].
  - Richmond County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Livingston [Richmond County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
  - Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Livingston.
- Ohio
  - Franklin 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 Ohio community of Livingston [Franklin County].
  - Licking County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Livingston [Licking County].
- South Carolina
  - Orangeburg County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Livingston [Orangeburg County].
- Tennessee
  - Overton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Livingston [Overton County].
  - Polk 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 Tennessee community of Livingston [Polk County].
- Texas
  - Polk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Livingston [Polk County].
- Utah
  - Salt 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 Utah community of Livingston [Salt Lake County].
- Washington
  - Clark County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Livingston [Clark County].
- West Virginia
  - Kanawha County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Livingston [Kanawha County].
- Wisconsin
  - Grant County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Livingston [Grant County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Livingston ...

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Livingston - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Sixth Biennial Report of the State Mine Inspectors, Two Years Ending June 30, 1893
Published as a Legislative Document: The Twenty-Fifth General Assembly of the State of Iowa - Vol. 4

Map from 1905 (unknown title/publisher)

Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Livingston.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 19/46020 (Place Name: Livingston)

County: Appanoose (FIPS State/County: 19/007)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Livingston) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in Appanoose 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 Appanoose County.

Beetrace
	Niles
Caldwell
Crete	Pearl City

Darby	Ray
Dennis	Relay
Diff
	Sharon
Harkes	Shawville

Kemigala	Tranquility
Kirkwood
	Walsh
Millideville

Footnotes ...

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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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Livingston 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.