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Do you know of Wanamaker ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1889 and closed  in 1903.

Communities Also Named Wanamaker ...

We found ten communities that share the name Wanamaker.

Within Kansas, the name Wanamaker is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Marion County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Wanamaker [Marion County].
    • Iowa
      • Ringgold County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Wanamaker [Ringgold County].
    • Kentucky
      • Webster County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Wanamaker [Webster County].
    • Maryland
      • Wicomico 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 Maryland community of Wanamaker [Wicomico County].
    • Mississippi
      • Tunica 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 Mississippi community of Wanamaker [Tunica County].
    • Missouri
      • Saline County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Wanamaker [Saline County].
    • North Carolina
      • Montgomery 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 North Carolina community of Wanamaker [Montgomery County].
    • Ohio
      • Monroe 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 Ohio community of Wanamaker [Monroe County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Kingfisher 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 Oklahoma community of Wanamaker [Kingfisher County].
    • South Carolina
      • Horry 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 South Carolina community of Wanamaker [Horry County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Wanamaker ...

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

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 Wanamaker - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

More Orphans in  Shawnee 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 Shawnee County.

American Chiefs VillageLynn Creek
Arlington Heights 
AuburndaleMairestown
AvocaMassasoit
 Mazell
Baptist MissionMission
BishopMonique
BlackfauMonmouth
BlacksmithMuddy Creek
Boyer 
BrownvilleNorthern Hills
Burnett 
Burnett's CabinParis
Burnett's MoundPottawatomie Baptist Mission
Buzzard TownPottawatomie Catholic Mission
 Prairie City
Calhoun 
CanemaRedmondville
CarthageRedpath
Center GroveRichardson
Central GroveRidgeway
ChallendersRochester
Chapman'sRock Creek
Chaumiere 
Chicago HeightsSanford
Cottonwood GroveSawour
Cross CreekSeabrook
 Sharon
DaytonShawnee Center
Delaware CityShawnee Corner
DisneyShields
DoelShorey
 South Tecumseh
East ForbesSouth Topeka
EdnaSpencerville
EssexState House
EstherStinson's
Exeter ParkStockade
 Sumner City
Fool Chief VillageSwinburn
Forbes Field 
FremontTevis
 Tokalon Heights
Gage CenterTrenton
GlendaleTrunau
Grand HavenTwin Mound
Gumithorne 
 Uniontown
Hard Chiefs VillageUrbana
Hartford Station 
HicrestValley Town
Hughes ParkValley
HygienicVidette
  
Indian ValleyWagner
IndianolaWah-Wah-Suk
 Walter
JeffersonWashington
 Waship
KansapolisWau-Wau-Suk
Kaw Methodist MissionWaveland
KilmerWebsters Peak
KingstonWestboro
KingsvilleWhitefield
 Whitfield
LakeshoreWilsonville
LeadervilleWyoming
Loring 

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 Wanamaker 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/









 

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