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Do you know of Routon ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Routon. 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 Routon.<1>

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

Communities Also Named Routon ...

We found two communities that share the name Routon.

There is one other community in Louisiana which is also named Routon.

Beyond Louisiana, there is another community also named Routon in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Louisiana ...
    • La Salle Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Routon [La Salle Parish].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Tennessee
      • Henry County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Routon [Henry County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Routon ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Catahoula 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 Catahoula Parish.

Black River 
Burshley CreekLavacca
  
Castor Sulphur SpringsPisgah
CopelandProhibition
  
DavisRoesfield
  
EdenStafford Point
 Stafford
FlorenceSummerville
  
Hap HazardTooley's
 Troyville
Jena 
 White Sulphur Springs
Kirk's Ferry 

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.