Do you know of Charleston ???

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

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

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 1836 and closed in 1861.

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 Charleston ...

We found 43 communities that share the name Charleston.

There is one other community in Michigan which is also named Charleston.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another 42 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 42 communities, 39 are located in the United States and six are in Canada.

Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Sanilac County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Charleston [Sanilac County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
  - Cochise County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Charleston [Cochise County].
- Arkansas
  - Franklin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Charleston [Franklin County].
- California
  - San Joaquin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Charleston [San Joaquin County].
- Florida
  - Suwannee County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Charleston [Suwannee County].
- Illinois
  - Coles County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Charleston [Coles County].
- Iowa
  - Lee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Charleston [Lee County].
- Kansas
  - Gray County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Charleston [Gray County].
  - Greenwood County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Charleston [Greenwood County].
  - Washington 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 Charleston [Washington County].
- Kentucky
  - Clark County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Charleston [Clark County].
  - Hopkins County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Charleston [Hopkins County].
- Maine
  - Penobscot County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Charleston [Penobscot County].
- Mississippi
  - Tallahatchie County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Charleston [Tallahatchie County].
- Missouri
  - Clark County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Charleston [Clark County].
  - Mississippi County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Charleston [Mississippi County].
- Nebraska
  - Johnson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Charleston [Johnson County].
- Nevada
  - Elko County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Charleston [Elko County].
  - Nye County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Charleston [Nye County].
- New Brunswick
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Charleston.
- New Jersey
  - Burlington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Charleston [Burlington County].
- New York
  - Montgomery County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Charleston [Montgomery County].
  - Richmond County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Charleston [Richmond County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
  - Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Charleston.
- North Carolina
  - Halifax County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Charleston [Halifax County].
- Nova Scotia
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Charleston.
- Ohio
  - Brown County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Charleston [Brown County].
  - Clermont County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Charleston [Clermont County].
  - Hamilton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Charleston [Hamilton County].
  - Ross County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Charleston [Ross County].
- Oklahoma
  - Harper County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Charleston [Harper County].
- Ontario
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Charleston.
- Oregon
  - Coos County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Charleston [Coos County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Mercer County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Charleston [Mercer County].
  - Tioga County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Charleston [Tioga County].
- South Carolina
  - Charleston County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Charleston [Charleston County].
- Tennessee
  - Bradley County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Charleston [Bradley County].
  - Tipton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Charleston [Tipton County].
- Texas
  - Dallas County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Charleston [Dallas County].
  - Delta County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Charleston [Delta County].
- Utah
  - Wasatch County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Charleston [Wasatch County].
- Washington
  - Kitsap County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Charleston [Kitsap County].
- West Virginia
  - Kanawha County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Charleston [Kanawha County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Charleston ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

More Orphans in Kalamazoo 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 Kalamazoo County.

Footnotes ...

<1>

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Charleston 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.

<2>

A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/