Do you know of Kirkwood ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Kirkwood. 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 Kirkwood.<1>
Our sources for Kirkwood (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 Kirkwood other than they indicate that Kirkwood would be found somewhere in Madison County, Mississippi.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1856 and closed in 1909.
Communities Also Named Kirkwood ...
We found 35 communities that share the name Kirkwood.
Within Mississippi, the name Kirkwood is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another 35 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 35 communities, 34 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Alpine County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Kirkwood [Alpine County].
- Glenn County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Kirkwood [Glenn County].
- Tehama 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 California community of Kirkwood [Tehama County].
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Kirkwood [New Castle County].
- Florida
- Alachua County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Kirkwood [Alachua County].
- Georgia
- Colquitt County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Kirkwood [Colquitt County].
- DeKalb County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Kirkwood [DeKalb County].
- Muscogee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Kirkwood [Muscogee County].
- Illinois
- Warren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Kirkwood [Warren County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Crawford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Kirkwood [Crawford County].
- Kentucky
- Mercer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Kirkwood [Mercer County].
- Maryland
- Missouri
- Saint Louis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Kirkwood [Saint Louis County].
- Nebraska
- Rock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Kirkwood [Rock County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Kirkwood.
- New Jersey
- Camden County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Kirkwood [Camden County].
- New York
- North Carolina
- Cumberland County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Kirkwood [Cumberland County].
- Guilford County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Kirkwood [Guilford County].
- Rockingham County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Kirkwood [Rockingham County].
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Lancaster County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Kirkwood [Lancaster County].
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Kirkwood [Montgomery County].
- Texas
- Harris County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Kirkwood [Harris County].
- West Virginia
- Nicholas County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Kirkwood [Nicholas County].
- Wisconsin
- Fond du Lac 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 Wisconsin community of Kirkwood [Fond du Lac County].
- Sauk 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 Wisconsin community of Kirkwood [Sauk County].
- California
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Kirkwood ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Kirkwood:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Kirkwood - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Madison 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 Madison 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> | 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 Kirkwood 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |