Do you know of Confidence ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1892 and closed  in 1901.

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 Confidence ...

We found four communities that share the name Confidence.

Within Missouri, the name Confidence is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • California
    • Tuolumne County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Confidence [Tuolumne County].
  • Illinois
    • Fayette County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Confidence [Fayette County].
  • Iowa
    • Wayne County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Confidence [Wayne County].
  • West Virginia
    • Putnam County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Confidence [Putnam County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Confidence ...

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

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

Map from 1888 (unknown title/publisher)

More Orphans in  Newton 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 Newton County.