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Do you know of Americus ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1894 and closed  in 1907.

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 Americus ...

We found six communities that share the name Americus.

Within Kentucky, the name Americus is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Chaffee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Americus [Chaffee County].
    • Georgia
      • Sumter County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Americus [Sumter County].
    • Indiana
      • Tippecanoe County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Americus [Tippecanoe County].
    • Kansas
      • Lyon County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Americus [Lyon County].
    • Mississippi
      • Jackson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Americus [Jackson County].
    • Missouri
      • Montgomery County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Americus [Montgomery County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Americus ...

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

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

George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

More Orphans in  Butler 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 Butler County.

Berrys LickLittle Bend
 Little Muddy
Davenport 
 Quality Valley
Elfie 
EmbryRegion
  
FactorySunny Lane
Flat Rock 
 Threlkel
HerschelTownsville
Hershel 
 Wood

Footnotes ...

<1>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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This page was last modified/updated: 07 Apr 2024