Do you know of Manton ???

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

We found mention of Manton as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Floyd County, Kentucky.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1940.

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 Manton ...

We found five communities that share the name Manton.

There is one other community in Kentucky which is also named Manton.

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

• Communities Located In Kentucky ...
  • Washington County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Manton [Washington County].

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • California
    • Tehama County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Manton [Tehama County].
  • Michigan
    • Wexford County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Manton [Wexford County].
  • Missouri
    • Maries County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Manton [Maries County].
  • Rhode Island
    • Providence County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Manton [Providence County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Manton ...

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Manton.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 21/49836   (Place Name: Manton (RR name Mars))

County: Floyd     (FIPS State/County: 21/071)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Manton) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Floyd 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 Floyd County.