Welcome to Manton ...So far, we found very little information about Manton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Manton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Manton, please Contact Us. Manton would have been located within present day Floyd County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Manton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1940. The origin (or the toponymy) of Manton: Named after William Mandt and his wife Mary Harrington. The name Manton consists of the first three letters of Mandt and the last three letters of Harrington Time Zone: The area where Manton was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Manton was located: 606 Communities Also Named Manton ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kentucky communities named Manton: This one is located in Floyd County and the other is located in Washington County. Beyond Kentucky, there are 5 communities that are also named Manton - they are located in California, Michigan, Missouri and Rhode Island. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Manton. Communities near Manton ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Manton.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Manton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Manton. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Manton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Manton. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Manton. See our Newspapers Page for Manton. Adding Manton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Manton in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Manton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Manton. Footnotes ...
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