Do you know of Moulton ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Moulton. 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 Moulton.<1>
Our sources for Moulton (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 Moulton other than they indicate that Moulton would be found somewhere in Shelby County, Illinois.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1864 and closed in 1872.
Communities Also Named Moulton ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Moulton.
Within Illinois, the name Moulton is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another eleven 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 Moulton [Lawrence County].
- Arkansas
- Iowa
- Appanoose County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Moulton [Appanoose County].
- Montana
- Fergus County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Moulton [Fergus County].
- Nebraska
- Loup County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Moulton [Loup County].
- North Carolina
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Moulton [Franklin County].
- Ohio
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Lavaca County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Moulton [Lavaca County].
- Washington
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Moulton [Clark County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Moulton ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Moulton:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Moulton - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Rand McNally Map (1881)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Moulton.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 17/50712 (Place Name: Moulton)
County: Shelby (FIPS State/County: 17/173)
Class: U4
Identifies a populated place (ie- Moulton) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.
More Orphans in Shelby 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 Shelby County.
| Big Spring | |
| Brunswick | Pleak's Corner |
| Brush Creek | Prairie Bird |
| Prairie Home | |
| Cloverville | |
| Cold Spring | Quigley |
| Hark | Robinson Creek |
| Hooker | |
| Shinkle | |
| Oconee Station | Skates |
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> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Moulton 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |