Do you know of Slocum ???

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

Our sources for Slocum (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 Slocum other than they indicate that Slocum would be found somewhere in Blackford County, Indiana.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1886 and closed  in 1902.

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 Slocum ...

We found nine communities that share the name Slocum.

Within Indiana, the name Slocum is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Idaho
    • Clearwater County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Slocum [Clearwater County].
  • Louisiana
    • Concordia Parish
    • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Slocum [Concordia Parish].
  • Michigan
    • Muskegon County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Slocum [Muskegon County].
  • Nebraska
    • Holt County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Slocum [Holt County].
  • North Carolina
    • Hyde County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Slocum [Hyde County].
  • Ohio
    • Scioto County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Slocum [Scioto County].
  • Pennsylvania
    • Luzerne County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Slocum [Luzerne County].
  • Rhode Island
    • Washington County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Slocum [Washington County].
  • Texas
    • Anderson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Slocum [Anderson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Slocum ...

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

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

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

More Orphans in  Blackford 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 Blackford County.