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Do you know of Barton ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1877 and closed  in 1886.

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 Barton ...

We found 29 communities that share the name Barton.

There is one other community in Kansas which is also named Barton.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another 28 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 28 communities, 26 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Kansas ...
    • Lincoln County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Barton [Lincoln County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Colbert County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Barton [Colbert County].
    • Arkansas
      • Phillips County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Barton [Phillips County].
    • California
      • Amador County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Barton [Amador County].
      • Fresno 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 California community of Barton [Fresno County].
    • Colorado
      • Prowers 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 Colorado community of Barton [Prowers County].
    • Idaho
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Barton [Washington County].
    • Louisiana
      • Ascension Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Barton [Ascension Parish].
    • Maryland
      • Allegany County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Barton [Allegany County].
    • Michigan
      • Washtenaw 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 Michigan community of Barton [Washtenaw County].
    • Mississippi
      • George County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Barton [George County].
      • Marshall County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Barton [Marshall County].
    • Nebraska
      • Deuel County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Barton [Deuel County].
    • New Brunswick
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Barton.
    • New Mexico
      • Bernalillo County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Barton [Bernalillo County].
    • New York
      • Tioga County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Barton [Tioga County].
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Barton.
    • North Dakota
      • Pierce County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Barton [Pierce County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Barton.
    • Ohio
      • Belmont County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Barton [Belmont County].
    • Oregon
      • Clackamas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Barton [Clackamas County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Indiana County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Barton [Indiana County].
    • South Carolina
      • Allendale County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Barton [Allendale County].
    • Texas
      • Robertson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Barton [Robertson County].
    • Utah
      • Weber County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Barton [Weber County].
    • Vermont
      • Orleans County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Barton [Orleans County].
    • West Virginia
      • Clay County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Barton [Clay County].
      • Webster 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 West Virginia community of Barton [Webster County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Barton [Washington County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Barton ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

More Orphans in  Labette 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 Labette County.

ArnoldKingston
  
Big HillLake Creek
Briar's TownLittle Town
  
CarsonvilleMathewson
CecilMatthews John Trading Post
CherryvilleMattiesville
ClymoreMcGee City
CresswellMcGees's Trading Post
CrouseMinerva
CumberlandMoorehead
 Mormie
DaytonMortimer
DeertonMound Hill
Donneganna 
DoraNeola
  
EarltonPiely Hill
Elm CityPowhattan
Elm 
 Rosewood
Fishkill 
 Snow Creek
GorhamSnow Hill
GrantSoresco
 Springs
HackberrySpruille
HaydenStevens
HevelsSylvan Dale
Hopefield Mission 
 Timber Hill
IdenbroTrenton
Iuka 
 Verbena
Kee-I-Tone 
KingburyWhite Hair's Village
Kings 

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 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 Barton 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.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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