Do you know of Townsend ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Townsend. 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 Townsend.<1>
We found mention of Townsend as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Bourbon 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 1854 and closed in 1855.
Communities Also Named Townsend ...
We found 24 communities that share the name Townsend.
Within Kentucky, the name Townsend is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 22 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Townsend.
- Colorado
- Arapahoe 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 Colorado community of Townsend [Arapahoe County].
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Townsend [Washington County].
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Townsend [New Castle County].
- Florida
- Lafayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Townsend [Lafayette County].
- Georgia
- McIntosh County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Townsend [McIntosh County].
- Kansas
- Massachusetts
- Middlesex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Townsend [Middlesex County].
- Mississippi
- Kemper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Townsend [Kemper County].
- Montana
- Broadwater County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Townsend [Broadwater County].
- New York
- Schuyler County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Townsend [Schuyler County].
- Ohio
- Allen County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Townsend [Allen County].
- Hamilton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Townsend [Hamilton County].
- Sandusky 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 Ohio community of Townsend [Sandusky County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Townsend.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Chester 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 Pennsylvania community of Townsend [Chester County].
- Westmoreland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Townsend [Westmoreland County].
- Tennessee
- Blount County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Townsend [Blount County].
- Henry 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 Tennessee community of Townsend [Henry County].
- Texas
- San Augustine County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Townsend [San Augustine County].
- Utah
- Utah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Townsend [Utah County].
- Virginia
- Northampton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Townsend [Northampton County].
- Wisconsin
- Oconto County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Townsend [Oconto County].
- British Columbia
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Townsend ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Townsend:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
More Orphans in Bourbon 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 Bourbon County.
| Budtown | Kenney |
| Cane Ridge | Markeysville |
| Centreville | Milersburgh |
| Cunningham | Moreland |
| Elizabeth | New Forest |
| Flat Rock | Paris Junction |
| Plum Lick | |
| Houston | Porters |
| Judyville | West Paris |
| Wright's |
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Townsend 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/ |