Do you know of Horton ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Horton. 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 Horton.
Our sources for Horton (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 Horton other than they indicate that Horton would be found somewhere in Watauga County, North Carolina.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1882 and closed in 1924.
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 Horton ...
We found 30 communities that share the name Horton.
Within North Carolina, the name Horton is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 30 communities, 28 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Horton [Pike County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Bremer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Horton [Bremer County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Ohio County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Horton [Ohio County].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Horton.
- Michigan
- Genesee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Horton [Genesee County].
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Horton [Jackson County].
- Minnesota
- Hubbard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Horton [Hubbard County].
- Missouri
- Bates County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Horton [Bates County].
- Howell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Horton [Howell County].
- Vernon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Horton [Vernon County].
- Montana
- Custer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Horton [Custer County].
- New Jersey
- New York
- Delaware County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Horton [Delaware County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Horton.
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Texas
- West Virginia
- Randolph County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Horton [Randolph County].
- Wyoming
- Weston County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Horton [Weston County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Horton ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Horton:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Horton - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Watauga 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 Watauga County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Horton 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |