Do you know of Abingdon ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Abingdon. 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 Abingdon.

Our sources for Abingdon (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 Abingdon other than they indicate that Abingdon would be found somewhere in Laurel County, Kentucky.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1900 and closed  in 1916.

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.

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.

Communities Also Named Abingdon ...

We found eight communities that share the name Abingdon.

Within Kentucky, the name Abingdon is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, 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.

In addition to the above occurrences of Abingdon, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Illinois
    • Knox County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Abingdon [Knox County].
  • Iowa
    • Jefferson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Abingdon [Jefferson County].
  • Maryland
    • Harford County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Abingdon [Harford County].
  • North Carolina
    • Caldwell County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Abingdon [Caldwell County].
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Abingdon.
  • South Carolina
    • Cherokee County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Abingdon [Cherokee County].
  • Virginia
    • Washington County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Abingdon [Washington County].

• Communities Beyond North America ...
  • England
    • We haven't found the location of this Abingdon

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Abingdon ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

More Orphans in  Laurel 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 Laurel County.