Do you know of Emmons ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Emmons. 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 Emmons.<1>
Our sources for Emmons (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 Emmons other than they indicate that Emmons would be found somewhere in Washington County, Kansas.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1885 and closed in 1918.
Communities Also Named Emmons ...
We found six communities that share the name Emmons.
Within Kansas, the name Emmons is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Emmons [Monroe County].
- Kentucky
- Minnesota
- Freeborn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Emmons [Freeborn County].
- New York
- Otsego County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Emmons [Otsego County].
- Pennsylvania
- Sullivan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Emmons [Sullivan County].
- West Virginia
- Boone County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Emmons [Boone County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Emmons ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Emmons:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Emmons - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office
Rand McNally Map of Kansas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Washington 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 Washington 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> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Emmons 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |