Do you know of Carson ???

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

We found mention of Carson as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Steuben County, New York.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1899 and closed in 1904.

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 Carson ...

We found 24 communities that share the name Carson.

Within New York, the name Carson is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 22 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Carson [Washington County].
- Arkansas
  - Mississippi 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 Arkansas community of Carson [Mississippi County].
- British Columbia
  - Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Carson.
- California
  - Los Angeles County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Carson [Los Angeles County].
- Colorado
  - Hinsdale County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Carson [Hinsdale County].
- Iowa
  - Pottawattamie County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Carson [Pottawattamie County].
- Kansas
  - Brown County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Carson [Brown County].
- Kentucky
  - Carroll County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Carson [Carroll County].
- Louisiana
  - Beauregard Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Carson [Beauregard Parish].
- Maine
  - Aroostook County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Carson [Aroostook County].
- Mississippi
  - Jefferson Davis County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Carson [Jefferson Davis County].
- Missouri
  - Howell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Carson [Howell County].
- New Mexico
  - Taos County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Carson [Taos County].
- North Dakota
  - Grant County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Carson [Grant County].
- Ohio
  - Ashtabula 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 Ohio community of Carson [Ashtabula County].
  - Huron County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Carson [Huron County].
- Oklahoma
  - Hughes County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Carson [Hughes County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Carson.
- Oregon
  - Baker County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Carson [Baker County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Allegheny 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 Carson [Allegheny County].
- Texas
  - Fannin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Carson [Fannin County].
- Virginia
  - Dinwiddie County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Carson [Dinwiddie County].
- Washington
  - Skamania County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Carson [Skamania County].
- Wisconsin
  - Ashland 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 Wisconsin community of Carson [Ashland County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Carson ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

The FIPS database contains an entry for Carson.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 36/12672 (Place Name: Carson (Canisteo Center))

County: Steuben (FIPS State/County: 36/101)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Carson) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in Steuben 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 Steuben 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 Carson 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/