Do you know of Babylon ???

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

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

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 1869 and closed  in 1870.

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 Babylon ...

We found five communities that share the name Babylon.

Within Massachusetts, the name Babylon is unique.

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

In addition to the above occurrences of Babylon, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Illinois
    • Fulton County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Babylon [Fulton County].
  • Nevada
    • White Pine County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Babylon [White Pine County].
  • New York
    • Suffolk County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Babylon [Suffolk County].
  • Utah
    • Washington County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Babylon [Washington County].

• Communities Beyond North America ...
  • Czech Republic
    • We haven't found the location of this Babylon

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Babylon ...

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

More Orphans in  Hampshire County ...

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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 Hampshire County.