Do you know of Atherton ???

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

We found mention of Atherton as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Saint Louis County, Missouri.

Communities Also Named Atherton ...

We found eight communities that share the name Atherton.

There is one other community in Missouri which is also named Atherton.

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

Communities Located In Missouri ...
- Jackson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Atherton [Jackson County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
  - San Mateo County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Atherton [San Mateo County].
- Indiana
  - Vigo County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Atherton [Vigo County].
- Louisiana
  - East Carroll Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Atherton [East Carroll Parish].
- Massachusetts
  - Middlesex 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 Massachusetts community of Atherton [Middlesex County].
- Michigan
  - Huron 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 Michigan community of Atherton [Huron County].
- Ohio
  - Licking County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Atherton [Licking County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Atherton.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Atherton ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in Saint Louis 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 Saint Louis County.

Aldernay	Maddox
Algonquin	Maes
Alpha	Margona Village
Anglum	Marvin Terrace
Arloe	Mentor
	Meramec Highlands
Barracks	Meramec
Barrett's Station	Merrimac Station
Bartold	Midland
Bellafontaine	Mill Spring
Ben Avis	Miller
Billman	Mincke
Bissell	Mokeville
Blackjack	Muirfield
Bobring	Mutual
Bon Homme
Bonfils Station	North County
Brookdale	Nursery
Brotherton
Burke City	O'Fallon Park
Bussen Spur	Oak Hill
	Oak Ridge
Carondelet Park	Oakhill Junction
Carondelet	Old Orchard
Carr	Orchard Lakes
Castello
Centaur Station	Palisades
Centreton	Price
Collopy	Principia
Colman
Conclay	Reber Place
	Rinkelville
Deicke	Robinwood East
Drake	Robinwood West
Drew	Rosa
Dwyer	Rose Hill
	Ruegg
East Kirkwood
Eden	Saint Albans
Edgebrook	Saint Ferdinand
Elmdale Village	Saint Johns Station
Elmwood Park	Saint Paul
	Seven Pines
Fairview	Shadyside
Fanita	Sherwood
Fee Fee	Skillman
Forest City	Skinker Road
Forest Park	South Saint Louis
Forsythe Junction	South Side
	Spring Park
Gardenview	Stratmann
Gardenville	Sunland Hills
Gardner	Sutter
Glen Echo	Suttons
Graham
Grand Canyon	Tara
Grant	Tempo
Grasso	Tesson

Heights	University Park
Heman Park
Hill Crest	Valley Forge
Hillside	Velda
Howard's	Village of Charlack
Huntley	Von Schraders
Hydraulic
	Waltonham
Inglesyde	Webster Park
Irving	Webster
	Wedgewood Green
Jedburg	Wedgewood
	Wells
Kelpe	West County
King's	West Saint Louis
Koberman	Whispering Hills
	Wilkinson
Lackland	Windom
Laclede Junction	Woodbine Heights
Luxemburg	Woodland
	Woodridge

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Atherton 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.