Do you know of Larkin ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Larkin. 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 Larkin.<1>

Our sources for Larkin (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Larkin other than they indicate that Larkin would be found somewhere in Pawnee County, Kansas.

Communities Also Named Larkin ...

We found seven communities that share the name Larkin.

Within Kansas, the name Larkin is unique.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Jackson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Larkin [Jackson County].
- Arkansas
  - Izard County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Larkin [Izard County].
- British Columbia
  - Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Larkin.
- California
  - Shasta County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Larkin [Shasta County].
- Kentucky
  - Christian County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Larkin [Christian County].
- Michigan
  - Midland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Larkin [Midland County].
- South Carolina
  - Spartanburg County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Larkin [Spartanburg County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Larkin ...

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

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Larkin - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

More Orphans in Pawnee 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 Pawnee County.

Footnotes ...

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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.

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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 Larkin 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.