Do you know of Tarkio ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Tarkio. 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 Tarkio.<1>
Our sources for Tarkio (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 Tarkio other than they indicate that Tarkio would be found somewhere in Page County, Iowa.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1854 and closed in 1882.
Communities Also Named Tarkio ...
We found two communities that share the name Tarkio.
Within Iowa, the name Tarkio is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Tarkio ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Tarkio:
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.
Iowa State Gazetteers
Written by: Hair, James T.
Published by Bailey & Hair
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List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
More Orphans in Page 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 Page County.
| Crooks | |
| Nodaway Mills | |
| Darwin | Nodaway |
| Dasie | North Grove |
| North Mills | |
| Franklin Grove | |
| Page City | |
| Harper | Page |
| Loy | Snow Hill |
| Morsman | Union Grove |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |