Do you know of Claytonville ???

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

Our sources for Claytonville (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 Claytonville other than they indicate that Claytonville would be found somewhere in Clay County, Missouri.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1870 and closed  in 1893.

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 Claytonville ...

We found five communities that share the name Claytonville.

Within Missouri, the name Claytonville is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Illinois
    • Iroquois County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Claytonville [Iroquois County].
  • Kansas
    • Brown County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Claytonville [Brown County].
  • Texas
    • Fisher County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Claytonville [Fisher County].
    • Swisher County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Claytonville [Swisher County].
  • Virginia
    • Clarke County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Claytonville [Clarke County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Claytonville ...

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

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

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

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

William Bradley Map (1866)
Published by William M. Bradley and Brothers

More Orphans in  Clay 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 Clay County.