Do you know of Pinhook ???

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

We found mention of Pinhook as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Linn County, Iowa.

Communities Also Named Pinhook ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Pinhook.

Within Iowa, the name Pinhook is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Lawrence County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Pinhook [Lawrence County].
- Florida
  - Jefferson County
  - 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 Florida community of Pinhook [Jefferson County].
- Illinois
  - Fayette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Pinhook [Fayette County].
- Indiana
  - Decatur County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Pinhook [Decatur County].
  - Franklin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Pinhook [Franklin County].
  - LaPorte County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Pinhook [LaPorte County].
  - Lawrence County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Pinhook [Lawrence County].
  - Wayne County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Pinhook [Wayne County].
- Missouri
  - Gentry County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Pinhook [Gentry County].
  - Mississippi County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Pinhook [Mississippi County].
- Ohio
  - Clermont County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Pinhook [Clermont County].
  - Franklin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Pinhook [Franklin County].
  - Richland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Pinhook [Richland County].
- Tennessee
  - DeKalb County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Pinhook [DeKalb County].
  - Marion County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Pinhook [Marion County].
  - Putnam County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Pinhook [Putnam County].
  - Union County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Pinhook [Union County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Pinhook ...

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

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 Linn 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 Linn County.

Footnotes ...

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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.

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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 Pinhook 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.