Do you know of Worthington ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Worthington. 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 Worthington.
Our sources for Worthington (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 Worthington other than they indicate that Worthington would be found somewhere in Jackson County, Illinois.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1852 and closed in 1870.
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 Worthington ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Worthington.
Within Illinois, the name Worthington is unique.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
- Bradford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Worthington [Bradford County].
- Union County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Worthington [Union County].
- Indiana
- Greene County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Worthington [Greene County].
- Iowa
- Dubuque County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Worthington [Dubuque County].
- Kentucky
- Greenup County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Worthington [Greenup County].
- Henderson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Worthington [Henderson County].
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Worthington [Jefferson County].
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Worthington [Baltimore County].
- Howard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Worthington [Howard County].
- Massachusetts
- Hampshire County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Worthington [Hampshire County].
- Minnesota
- Nobles County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Worthington [Nobles County].
- Missouri
- Putnam County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Worthington [Putnam County].
- Schuyler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Worthington [Schuyler County].
- New York
- Westchester County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Worthington [Westchester County].
- North Carolina
- Gaston County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Worthington [Gaston County].
- Ohio
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Worthington [Franklin County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Worthington.
- Pennsylvania
- Armstrong County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Worthington [Armstrong County].
- West Virginia
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Worthington [Marion County].
- Florida
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Worthington ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Worthington:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Map from 1870 (unknown title/publisher)
More Orphans in Jackson 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 Jackson County.
| Bethel | Muddy Valley |
| Bryden | |
| Ora | |
| Charco | |
| Cipsco Park | Perry |
| Finney | Raddleville |
| Fountain Bluff | |
| Sugar Creek | |
| Glenahl | |
| Texas | |
| Hat Island | |
| Urbane | |
| Markanda | |
| Midland Hills | Wagner's Landing |
| Mount Pleasant |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Worthington 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |