Do you know of Nortonville ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1869 and closed  in 1876.

Communities Also Named Nortonville ...

We found six communities that share the name Nortonville.

Within Iowa, the name Nortonville is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • California
    • Contra Costa County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Nortonville [Contra Costa County].
  • Illinois
    • Morgan County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Nortonville [Morgan County].
  • Kansas
    • Jefferson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Nortonville [Jefferson County].
  • Kentucky
    • Hopkins County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Nortonville [Hopkins County].
  • New Jersey
    • Gloucester County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Nortonville [Gloucester County].
  • North Dakota
    • LaMoure County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Nortonville [LaMoure County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Nortonville ...

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

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.

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

More Orphans in  Clarke 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 Clarke County.