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Do you know of Dillon ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Dillon. 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 Dillon.

We found mention of Dillon as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in LaPorte County, Indiana.

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.

Communities Also Named Dillon ...

We found 23 communities that share the name Dillon.

Within Indiana, the name Dillon is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 21 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Nevada County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Dillon [Nevada County].
    • Colorado
      • Summit County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Dillon [Summit County].
    • Georgia
      • Dade 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 Georgia community of Dillon [Dade County].
      • Thomas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Dillon [Thomas County].
      • Walker County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Dillon [Walker County].
    • Illinois
      • Tazewell County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Dillon [Tazewell County].
    • Iowa
      • Marshall County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Dillon [Marshall County].
    • Kansas
      • Dickinson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Dillon [Dickinson County].
    • Kentucky
      • Harlan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Dillon [Harlan County].
    • Mississippi
      • Pike 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 Mississippi community of Dillon [Pike County].
      • Walthall County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Dillon [Walthall County].
    • Missouri
      • Phelps County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Dillon [Phelps County].
    • Montana
      • Beaverhead County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Dillon [Beaverhead County].
    • Nevada
      • Lander County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Dillon [Lander County].
    • New Mexico
      • Colfax County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Dillon [Colfax County].
    • Ohio
      • Muskingum 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 Ohio community of Dillon [Muskingum County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Dillon.
    • Saskatchewan
      • Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Dillon.
    • South Carolina
      • Dillon County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Dillon [Dillon County].
    • Texas
      • Hopkins County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Dillon [Hopkins County].
    • Virginia
      • Botetourt County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Dillon [Botetourt County].
    • West Virginia
      • Raleigh County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Dillon [Raleigh County].
    • Wyoming
      • Carbon County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Dillon [Carbon County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Dillon ...

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

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Dillon.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 18/18172   (Place Name: Dillon)

County: La Porte     (FIPS State/County: 18/091)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Dillon) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  LaPorte 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 LaPorte County.

Belfast 
Big SpringsNew Durham
Bluffside 
 Pine Lake
CallaoPinelake
Corymbo 
CrossingRoeskes
  
EdgewoodSagunay Lake
 Sauk Village
GleasonsSchimmel's
 Sheridan
Hanna StationShoreland Hills
HaskellsSouthgate
Hatch's MillsSouthwood
HudsonStillwell Junction
 Swifts
Lakeland 
LaPorte JunctionWabash Crossing
 Wilder
Mill CreekWilders Station
MorganWillvale

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Dillon 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.









 

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