Do you know of Balltown ???

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

Our sources for Balltown (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Balltown other than they indicate that Balltown would be found somewhere in Washington Parish, Louisiana.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1884 and closed  in 1907.

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 Balltown ...

We found eight communities that share the name Balltown.

Within Louisiana, the name Balltown is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Colorado
    • Lake County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Balltown [Lake County].
  • Iowa
    • Dubuque County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Balltown [Dubuque County].
  • Kentucky
    • Nelson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Balltown [Nelson County].
    • Whitley County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Balltown [Whitley County].
  • New York
    • Chautauqua County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Balltown [Chautauqua County].
  • Pennsylvania
    • Forest County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Balltown [Forest County].
  • South Carolina
    • Aiken County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Balltown [Aiken County].
  • Tennessee
    • McMinn County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Balltown [McMinn County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Balltown ...

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

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Balltown - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Washington Parish ...

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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 Washington Parish.