Do you know of Sitka ???

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

We found mention of Sitka as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Martin 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 1869 and closed  in 1874.

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 Sitka ...

We found ten communities that share the name Sitka.

There is one other community in Indiana which is also named Sitka.

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

• Communities Located In Indiana ...
  • White County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Sitka [White County].

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alaska
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Sitka.
  • Arkansas
    • Sharp County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Sitka [Sharp County].
  • Kansas
    • Clark County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Sitka [Clark County].
  • Kentucky
    • Johnson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Sitka [Johnson County].
  • Michigan
    • Newaygo County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Sitka [Newaygo County].
  • Ohio
    • Washington County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Sitka [Washington County].
  • Pennsylvania
    • Fayette County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Sitka [Fayette County].
  • South Dakota
    • Walworth County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Sitka [Walworth County].
  • Tennessee
    • Gibson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Sitka [Gibson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Sitka ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

More Orphans in  Martin 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 Martin County.