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Do you know of Postville ???

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

Our sources for Postville (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 Postville other than they indicate that Postville would be found somewhere in Platte County, Nebraska.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1878 and closed  in 1902.

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 Postville ...

We found four communities that share the name Postville.

Within Nebraska, the name Postville is unique.

Beyond Nebraska, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Allamakee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Postville [Allamakee County].
    • New Jersey
      • Passaic County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Postville [Passaic County].
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Postville.
    • Wisconsin
      • Green County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Postville [Green County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Postville ...

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

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Postville - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Nebraska (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Platte 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 Platte County.

Behlen 
 Neboville
Cayuga 
 Okay
Doulom 
 Palestine
MatsonPresident
Moorman 
MunroeWest Hill

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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This page was last modified/updated: 10 Mar 2024