Do you know of Truxton ???

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

Our sources for Truxton (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 Truxton other than they indicate that Truxton would be found somewhere in Bureau County, Illinois.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1850 and closed in 1882.

Communities Also Named Truxton ...

We found three communities that share the name Truxton.

Within Illinois, the name Truxton is unique.

Beyond Illinois, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
  - Mohave County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Truxton [Mohave County].
- Missouri
  - Lincoln County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Truxton [Lincoln County].
- New York
  - Cortland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Truxton [Cortland County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Truxton ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)

More Orphans in Bureau County ...

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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 Bureau 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>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/