Do you know of Colton ???

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

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Colton, so we are uncertain whether Colton 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 Colton would be found somewhere in Letcher County, Kentucky.

Communities Also Named Colton ...

We found nine communities that share the name Colton.

Within Kentucky, the name Colton is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
  - San Bernardino County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Colton [San Bernardino County].
- Nebraska
  - Cheyenne County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Colton [Cheyenne County].
- New York
  - Saint Lawrence County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Colton [Saint Lawrence County].
- Ohio
  - Henry County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Colton [Henry County].
- Oregon
  - Clackamas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Colton [Clackamas County].
- South Dakota
  - Minnehaha County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Colton [Minnehaha County].
- Texas
  - Travis County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Colton [Travis County].
- Utah
  - Utah County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Colton [Utah County].
- Washington
  - Whitman County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Colton [Whitman County].

More Orphans in Letcher 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 Letcher 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.