Do you know of Croton ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Croton. 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 Croton.<1>
Our sources for Croton (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 Croton other than they indicate that Croton would be found somewhere in Delaware County, New York.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1847 and closed in 1895.
Communities Also Named Croton ...
We found ten communities that share the name Croton.
There are two communities within New York that are also named Croton.
Beyond New York, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, nine are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Schuyler County
- Westchester County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Lee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Croton [Lee County].
- Michigan
- Newaygo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Croton [Newaygo County].
- New Jersey
- Hunterdon County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Croton [Hunterdon County].
- Ohio
- Licking County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Croton [Licking County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Croton.
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Dickens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Croton [Dickens County].
- Wyoming
- Campbell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Croton [Campbell County].
- Iowa
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Croton ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Croton:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Croton - 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
Rand McNally Map of New York (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Delaware 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 Delaware 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> | 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 Croton 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |