Do you know of Watertown ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Watertown. 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 Watertown.<1>
Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Watertown, so we are uncertain whether Watertown is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Watertown would be found somewhere in Smith County, Kansas.
Communities Also Named Watertown ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Watertown.
There are two communities within Kansas that are also named Watertown.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, nineteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Allen County
- Anderson County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- Litchfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Watertown [Litchfield County].
- Florida
- Columbia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Watertown [Columbia County].
- Hawaii
- Please visit our profile page for the Hawaii community of Watertown.
- Illinois
- Ogle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Watertown [Ogle County].
- Richland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Watertown [Richland County].
- Rock Island County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Watertown [Rock Island County].
- Massachusetts
- Middlesex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Watertown [Middlesex County].
- Michigan
- Sanilac County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Watertown [Sanilac County].
- Minnesota
- Carver County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Watertown [Carver County].
- Nebraska
- Buffalo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Watertown [Buffalo County].
- Nevada
- Lander County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Watertown [Lander County].
- New York
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Watertown [Jefferson County].
- Ohio
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Watertown [Washington County].
- Saskatchewan
- Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Watertown.
- South Dakota
- Codington County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Watertown [Codington County].
- Tennessee
- Wisconsin
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Watertown [Jefferson County].
- Connecticut
More Orphans in Smith 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 Smith 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> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |
| <3> | 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 Watertown 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. |