Do you know of Stanton ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Stanton. 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 Stanton.
Our sources for Stanton (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 Stanton other than they indicate that Stanton would be found somewhere in Wilkes County, North Carolina.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1898 and closed in 1915.
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 Stanton ...
We found 33 communities that share the name Stanton.
Within North Carolina, the name Stanton is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another 33 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 33 communities, 31 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Chilton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Stanton [Chilton County].
- Arizona
- California
- Orange County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Stanton [Orange County].
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Stanton [New Castle County].
- Florida
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Stanton [Marion County].
- Idaho
- Iowa
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Stanton [Montgomery County].
- Kansas
- Douglas 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 Kansas community of Stanton [Douglas County].
- Finney 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 Kansas community of Stanton [Finney County].
- Franklin 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 Kansas community of Stanton [Franklin County].
- Miami County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Stanton [Miami County].
- Riley 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 Kansas community of Stanton [Riley County].
- Kentucky
- Powell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Stanton [Powell County].
- Louisiana
- Concordia Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Stanton [Concordia Parish].
- Orleans Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Stanton [Orleans Parish].
- Michigan
- Montcalm County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Stanton [Montcalm County].
- Minnesota
- Goodhue County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Stanton [Goodhue County].
- Mississippi
- Adams County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Stanton [Adams County].
- Missouri
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Stanton [Franklin County].
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- Hunterdon County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Stanton [Hunterdon County].
- North Dakota
- Mercer County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Stanton [Mercer County].
- Northwest Territories
- Please visit our profile page for the Northwest Territories community of Stanton.
- Ohio
- Clermont County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Stanton [Clermont County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Stanton.
- Oregon
- Umatilla County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Stanton [Umatilla County].
- Pennsylvania
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Stanton [Jefferson County].
- Luzerne 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 Pennsylvania community of Stanton [Luzerne County].
- Tennessee
- Haywood County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Stanton [Haywood County].
- Texas
- Martin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Stanton [Martin County].
- Wisconsin
- Saint Croix County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Stanton [Saint Croix County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Stanton ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Stanton:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Wilkes 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 Wilkes 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Stanton 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/ |