Do you know of Afton ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Afton. 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 Afton.<1>
We found mention of Afton as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Marshall County, Kansas.
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.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1893 and closed in 1901.
Communities Also Named Afton ...
We found 33 communities that share the name Afton.
There are two communities within Kansas that are also named Afton.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 31 communities, 32 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Sedgwick County
- Sumner County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Afton [New Castle County].
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Afton [Union County].
- Louisiana
- Madison Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Afton [Madison Parish].
- Tensas Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Afton [Tensas Parish].
- Michigan
- Charlevoix County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Afton [Charlevoix County].
- Cheboygan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Afton [Cheboygan County].
- Minnesota
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Afton [Washington County].
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- Elko County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Afton [Elko County].
- New Jersey
- Morris County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Afton [Morris County].
- New Mexico
- Dona Ana County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Afton [Dona Ana County].
- New York
- Chenango County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Afton [Chenango County].
- North Carolina
- Warren County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Afton [Warren County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Afton.
- Ohio
- Clermont County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Afton [Clermont County].
- Oklahoma
- Ottawa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Afton [Ottawa County].
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Greene County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Afton [Greene County].
- Sullivan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Afton [Sullivan County].
- Texas
- Dickens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Afton [Dickens County].
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Preston County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Afton [Preston County].
- Wisconsin
- Rock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Afton [Rock County].
- Wyoming
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Afton [Lincoln County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Afton ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Afton:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
More Orphans in Marshall 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 Marshall County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Afton 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. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |