Do you know of Manhattan ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Manhattan. 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 Manhattan.
Our sources for Manhattan (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 Manhattan other than they indicate that Manhattan would be found somewhere in Keokuk County, Iowa.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1866 and closed in 1900.
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 Manhattan ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Manhattan.
Within Iowa, the name Manhattan is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Larimer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Manhattan [Larimer County].
- Florida
- Illinois
- Will County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Manhattan [Will County].
- Indiana
- Putnam County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Manhattan [Putnam County].
- Kansas
- Riley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Manhattan [Riley County].
- Mississippi
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Manhattan [Washington County].
- Montana
- Gallatin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Manhattan [Gallatin County].
- Nebraska
- Dodge County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Manhattan [Dodge County].
- Nevada
- Nye County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Manhattan [Nye County].
- New York
- New York County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Manhattan [New York County].
- Ohio
- Allen 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 Manhattan [Allen County].
- Jefferson 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 Ohio community of Manhattan [Jefferson County].
- Lawrence 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 Ohio community of Manhattan [Lawrence County].
- Lucas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Manhattan [Lucas County].
- Pennsylvania
- Tioga County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Manhattan [Tioga County].
- Texas
- Matagorda County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Manhattan [Matagorda County].
- Utah
- Weber County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Manhattan [Weber County].
- Colorado
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Manhattan ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Manhattan:
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 Manhattan - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Map from 1905 (unknown title/publisher)
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 | |
| Lancaster | 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 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 Manhattan 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/ |