Do you know of Northport ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Northport. 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 Northport.
We found mention of Northport as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Noble County, Indiana.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1846 and closed in 1868.
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 Northport ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Northport.
Within Indiana, the name Northport is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, ten are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Tuscaloosa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Northport [Tuscaloosa County].
- Maine
- Waldo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Northport [Waldo County].
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Northport [Anne Arundel County].
- Michigan
- Leelanau County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Northport [Leelanau County].
- Nebraska
- Morrill County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Northport [Morrill County].
- New York
- Suffolk County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Northport [Suffolk County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Northport.
- Prince Edward Island
- Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Northport.
- Tennessee
- Cocke County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Northport [Cocke County].
- Washington
- Stevens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Northport [Stevens County].
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Northport ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Northport:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
More Orphans in Noble 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 Noble County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |