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Do you know of Mertilla ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1885 and closed  in 1916.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Mertilla ...

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

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

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

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

Rand McNally Map of Kansas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Meade 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 Meade County.

Artesian CityLone Tree
ArtoisLuke
Atwater 
 Marigold
Belle MeadeMcCoy's Ranch
ByersMills
  
CarthageNirwana
Crooked Ranche 
 Odee
Fowler City 
FringerPearlette
  
GilbertRainbelt
GirardRoanoke
GreenswardRochester
  
HelenSpring Lake
HelvetiaSunshine
  
JalmaThree Bend
Joash 
 Uneda
Kingbelt 
 Wetzel
Lakeland 

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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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