Do you know of Bolton ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bolton. 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 Bolton.<1>
We found mention of Bolton as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Williamson 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 1849 and closed in 1864.
Communities Also Named Bolton ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Bolton.
There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Bolton.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, 22 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Stephenson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Bolton [Stephenson County].
- Stephenson County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Tolland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Bolton [Tolland County].
- Georgia
- Fulton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bolton [Fulton County].
- Iowa
- Mahaska County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Bolton [Mahaska County].
- Kansas
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bolton [Montgomery County].
- Kentucky
- Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Bolton [Lawrence County].
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Worcester County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Bolton [Worcester County].
- Michigan
- Alpena County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Bolton [Alpena County].
- Mississippi
- Hinds County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Bolton [Hinds County].
- Missouri
- Harrison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bolton [Harrison County].
- New York
- Warren County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Bolton [Warren County].
- North Carolina
- Columbus County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Bolton [Columbus County].
- Ohio
- Stark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bolton [Stark County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Bolton.
- Oregon
- Clackamas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Bolton [Clackamas County].
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Shelby County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bolton [Shelby County].
- Texas
- Vermont
- Chittenden County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Bolton [Chittenden County].
- Virginia
- Russell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Bolton [Russell County].
- Wisconsin
- Connecticut
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bolton ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Bolton:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
More Orphans in Williamson 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 Williamson County.
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> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Bolton 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. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |