Do you know of Zanesville ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Zanesville. 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 Zanesville.<1>
Our sources for Zanesville (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 Zanesville other than they indicate that Zanesville would be found somewhere in Van Buren County, Iowa.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1882 and closed in 1882.
Communities Also Named Zanesville ...
We found three communities that share the name Zanesville.
Within Iowa, the name Zanesville is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Zanesville [Montgomery County].
- Indiana
- Wells County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Zanesville [Wells County].
- Ohio
- Muskingum County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Zanesville [Muskingum County].
- Illinois
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Zanesville ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Zanesville:
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.
More Orphans in Van Buren 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 Van Buren County.
| Douds Leando | |
| Doud's Station | Oak Point |
| Hickory | Portland |
| Home | Portoro |
| Iowaville | Rising Sun |
| Lick Creek | Sheridan |
| Long View | Stumptown |
| McVeigh | Union Corners |
| New Lexington | Wilson |
| New Market | Wilsonville |
| Niles |
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/ |