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Do you know of Nobleton ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1872 and closed  in 1878.

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 Nobleton ...

We found four communities that share the name Nobleton.

Within Iowa, the name Nobleton is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hernando County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Nobleton [Hernando County].
    • Missouri
      • Newton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Nobleton [Newton County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Nobleton.
    • Wisconsin
      • Washburn County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Nobleton [Washburn County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Nobleton ...

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

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.

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Polk 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 Polk County.

AcmeMidway
 Murrow
Beaverdale 
 North Des Moines
Canary Lake 
Capital HeightsOak Park
ChesterfieldOakwood
Circleville 
Clover HillsPalmer
Colonial VillagePlaza Hills
CopePolk
Cottage Grove 
 Raccoon River
Flint JunctionRidgedale
  
GlakeSaydel
GrandSevastapol
GreenwoodSouth Des Moines
  
HardingTamworth
Highland ParkThree Rivers
 Tibbitt
Indianola HeightsTyner
  
Johnston StationWabash Junction
 Windsor
Lundstrom Heights 
 Youngstown
McCoy 

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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