Do you know of Abingdon ???

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

We found mention of Abingdon as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Lake County, Illinois.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1836 and closed  in 1852.

Communities Also Named Abingdon ...

We found eight communities that share the name Abingdon.

There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Abingdon.

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

In addition to the above occurrences of Abingdon, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.

• Communities Located In Illinois ...
  • Knox County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Abingdon [Knox County].

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Iowa
    • Jefferson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Abingdon [Jefferson County].
  • Maryland
    • Harford County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Abingdon [Harford County].
  • North Carolina
    • Caldwell County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Abingdon [Caldwell County].
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Abingdon.
  • South Carolina
    • Cherokee County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Abingdon [Cherokee County].
  • Virginia
    • Washington County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Abingdon [Washington County].

• Communities Beyond North America ...
  • England
    • We haven't found the location of this Abingdon

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Abingdon ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

More Orphans in  Lake 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 Lake County.