Do you know of Paxton ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Paxton. 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 Paxton.<1>
We found mention of Paxton as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Harrison 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.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1865 and closed in 1874.
Communities Also Named Paxton ...
We found twenty communities that share the name Paxton.
There is one other community in Kentucky which is also named Paxton.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kentucky ...
- Breathitt County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Paxton [Breathitt County].
- Breathitt County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Plumas County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Paxton [Plumas County].
- Florida
- Walton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Paxton [Walton County].
- Georgia
- Charlton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Paxton [Charlton County].
- Liberty County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Paxton [Liberty County].
- Illinois
- Ford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Paxton [Ford County].
- Indiana
- Sullivan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Paxton [Sullivan County].
- Kansas
- Harvey County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Paxton [Harvey County].
- Massachusetts
- Worcester County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Paxton [Worcester County].
- Michigan
- Alpena County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Paxton [Alpena County].
- Genesee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Paxton [Genesee County].
- Montana
- Dawson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Paxton [Dawson County].
- Nebraska
- Keith County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Paxton [Keith County].
- Ohio
- Summit County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Paxton [Summit County].
- Oregon
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Paxton [Jefferson County].
- Pennsylvania
- Dauphin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Paxton [Dauphin County].
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Shelby County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Paxton [Shelby County].
- Washington
- Adams County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Paxton [Adams County].
- West Virginia
- Clay County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Paxton [Clay County].
- California
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Paxton ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Paxton:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
More Orphans in Harrison 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 Harrison County.
| Antioch Mills | |
| Avena | Marysville |
| McLoney | |
| Baptist | |
| Branch | Raven Creek |
| Robertson | |
| Havilandsville | |
| Selma | |
| Keller | Shadynook |
| Smithsonville | |
| Leeport | Smitsonville |
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. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Paxton could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |