Do you know of Kossuth ???

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

Our sources for Kossuth (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 Kossuth other than they indicate that Kossuth would be found somewhere in Washington County, Maine.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1849 and closed in 1900.

Communities Also Named Kossuth ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Kossuth.

Within Maine, the name Kossuth is unique.

Beyond Maine, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Kossuth [Washington County].
- Iowa
  - Des Moines County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Kossuth [Des Moines County].
- Kansas
  - Butler County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Kossuth [Butler County].
  - Linn 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 Kansas community of Kossuth [Linn County].
  - Pottawatomie 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 Kansas community of Kossuth [Pottawatomie County].
- Mississippi
  - Alcorn County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Kossuth [Alcorn County].
- New York
  - Allegany County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Kossuth [Allegany County].
- Ohio
  - Auglaize County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Kossuth [Auglaize County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Kossuth.
- Pennsylvania
  - Clarion County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Kossuth [Clarion County].
- Texas
  - Anderson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Kossuth [Anderson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Kossuth ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

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

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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Rand McNally Map of Maine (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in Washington 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 Washington County.

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>	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 Kossuth 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.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/