Do you know of Eaton ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Eaton. 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 Eaton.<1>
Our source wasn't clear whether Eaton was a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Eaton would be found somewhere in Gratiot County, Michigan.
Communities Also Named Eaton ...
We found 27 communities that share the name Eaton.
There is one other community in Michigan which is also named Eaton.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, 22 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
In addition to the above occurrences of Eaton, we know of four communities located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Located In Michigan ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Eaton [Lawrence County].
- California
- Colorado
- Weld County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Eaton [Weld County].
- Florida
- Idaho
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Eaton [Washington County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Delaware County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Eaton [Delaware County].
- Kansas
- Cowley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Eaton [Cowley County].
- Dickinson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Eaton [Dickinson County].
- Ottawa 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 Eaton [Ottawa County].
- Trego 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 Eaton [Trego County].
- Maine
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Eaton [Washington County].
- New Hampshire
- Carroll County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Eaton [Carroll County].
- New York
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Eaton [Madison County].
- North Dakota
- Dickey County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Eaton [Dickey County].
- Ohio
- Quebec
- Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Eaton.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Robertson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Eaton [Robertson County].
- West Virginia
- Wood County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Eaton [Wood County].
- Arkansas
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- Australia
- We haven't found the location of this Eaton
- England
- - Chesire
- We haven't found the location of this Eaton
- - Chesire
- We haven't found the location of this Eaton
- - Grantham
- We haven't found the location of this Eaton
- Australia
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Eaton ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Eaton:
Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)
More Orphans in Gratiot 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 Gratiot 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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Eaton 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. |