Do you know of Drakesville ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Drakesville. 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 Drakesville.<1>
Our sources for Drakesville (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 Drakesville other than they indicate that Drakesville would be found somewhere in Morris County, New Jersey.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1850 and closed in 1891.
Communities Also Named Drakesville ...
We found one communities that share the name Drakesville.
Within New Jersey, the name Drakesville is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, there is another community also named Drakesville in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Davis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Drakesville [Davis County].
- Iowa
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Drakesville ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Drakesville:
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 Drakesville - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
More Orphans in Morris 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 Morris 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> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |