Do you know of Coloma ???

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

Our sources for Coloma (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 Coloma other than they indicate that Coloma would be found somewhere in Woodson County, Kansas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1865 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 Coloma ...

We found eight communities that share the name Coloma.

Within Kansas, the name Coloma is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Cherokee County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Coloma [Cherokee County].
  • California
    • El Dorado County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Coloma [El Dorado County].
  • Indiana
    • Parke County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Coloma [Parke County].
  • Michigan
    • Berrien County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Coloma [Berrien County].
  • Missouri
    • Carroll County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Coloma [Carroll County].
    • Henry County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Coloma [Henry County].
  • Montana
    • Missoula County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Coloma [Missoula County].
  • Wisconsin
    • Waushara County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Coloma [Waushara County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Coloma ...

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

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Coloma - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

More Orphans in  Woodson 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 Woodson County.