Do you know of Locust Hill ???

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

Our sources for Locust Hill (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 Locust Hill other than they indicate that Locust Hill would be found somewhere in Clayton County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1858 and closed in 1859.

Communities Also Named Locust Hill ...

We found ten communities that share the name Locust Hill.

Within Iowa, the name Locust Hill is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
  - Breckinridge County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Locust Hill [Breckinridge County].
- Maryland
  - Baltimore County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Locust Hill [Baltimore County].
- Missouri
  - Knox County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Locust Hill [Knox County].
- North Carolina
  - Caswell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Locust Hill [Caswell County].
- Ontario
  - 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 Ontario community of Locust Hill.
- Pennsylvania
  - Fayette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Locust Hill [Fayette County].
- South Carolina
  - Greenville County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Locust Hill [Greenville County].
- Virginia
  - Middlesex County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Locust Hill [Middlesex County].
  - Prince William County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Locust Hill [Prince William County].
  - Wythe County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Locust Hill [Wythe County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Locust Hill ...

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

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.

More Orphans in Clayton 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 Clayton 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 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 Locust Hill 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/