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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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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.<2> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
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)
Rand McNally Map (1881)
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.
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