Do you know of Joplin ???

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

Our sources for Joplin (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 Joplin other than they indicate that Joplin would be found somewhere in Orange County, North Carolina.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1902 and closed  in 1907.

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 Joplin ...

We found eight communities that share the name Joplin.

Within North Carolina, the name Joplin is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Arkansas
    • Montgomery County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Joplin [Montgomery County].
  • Mississippi
    • Attala County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Joplin [Attala County].
  • Missouri
    • Jasper County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Joplin [Jasper County].
  • Montana
    • Liberty County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Joplin [Liberty County].
  • Nevada
    • Washoe County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Joplin [Washoe County].
  • Texas
    • Jack County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Joplin [Jack County].
  • Virginia
    • Prince William County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Joplin [Prince William County].
  • West Virginia
    • Kanawha County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Joplin [Kanawha County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Joplin ...

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

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

Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Orange 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 Orange County.