Do you know of Shibboleth ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Shibboleth. 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 Shibboleth.<1> Our sources for Shibboleth (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 Shibboleth other than they indicate that Shibboleth would be found somewhere in Decatur County, Kansas. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1875 and closed in 1904. Communities Also Named Shibboleth ...We found one communities that share the name Shibboleth. Within Kansas, the name Shibboleth is unique. Beyond Kansas, there is another community also named Shibboleth in the United States.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Shibboleth ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Shibboleth: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Shibboleth - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned More Orphans in Decatur 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 Decatur County. Footnotes ...
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