Do you know of Loretto ???

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

Our sources for Loretto (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 Loretto other than they indicate that Loretto would be found somewhere in Warren County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1889 and closed  in 1889.

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 Loretto ...

We found fifteen communities that share the name Loretto.

Within Iowa, the name Loretto is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Cullman County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Loretto [Cullman County].
  • California
    • Inyo County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Loretto [Inyo County].
  • Florida
    • Duval County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Loretto [Duval County].
  • Illinois
    • Livingston County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Loretto [Livingston County].
  • Kentucky
    • Marion County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Loretto [Marion County].
  • Maryland
    • Somerset County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Loretto [Somerset County].
  • Michigan
    • Dickinson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Loretto [Dickinson County].
  • Minnesota
    • Hennepin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Loretto [Hennepin County].
  • Nebraska
    • Boone County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Loretto [Boone County].
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
    • Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Loretto.
  • Ohio
    • Belmont County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Loretto [Belmont County].
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Loretto.
  • Pennsylvania
    • Cambria County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Loretto [Cambria County].
  • Tennessee
    • Lawrence County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Loretto [Lawrence County].
  • Virginia
    • Essex County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Loretto [Essex County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Loretto ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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  Warren 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 Warren County.