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Do you know of Lawton Station ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Lawton Station. 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 Lawton Station.<1>

Our sources for Lawton Station (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 Lawton Station other than they indicate that Lawton Station would be found somewhere in Erie County, New York.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1873 and closed  in 1912.

Communities Also Named Lawton Station ...

We found one communities that share the name Lawton Station.

Within New York, the name Lawton Station is unique.

Beyond New York, there is another community also named Lawton Station in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Lawton Station [Philadelphia County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lawton Station ...

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

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 Lawton Station - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

Rand McNally Map of New York (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Erie 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 Erie County.

Abbott RoadHomewood Park
Amsdell Heights 
Angola Lake ShoreIdlewood
 Inland
BethfordInternational Junction
Bidwell 
Big Tree CornersJamison
Black Rock 
Boston CenterKellogg
Brighton VillageKensington
Buffalo Creek 
Buffalo JunctionLincoln Park
Buffalo Lake 
Buffalo PlainsMain-Mill
BurlingtonMain Village
 Market
CassMarquette
Central ParkMeadow Run
Cheektowaga NorthwestMidway
Cheektowaga Southwest 
Clarence CompactNew Falconwood
ClearfieldNewstead
ColdbrookNiagara Junction
 Niagara Square
DelavanNorth Buffalo
DelawareNorth Clarence
DelrayNorthtown Plaza
Deuels CornersNorthtown
  
East BuffaloOrange Park
East Evans 
East HamburgRed Jacket
Ebenezer JunctionRiverside
Eden Center 
EleysvilleSmithsville
Ellicott CreekSouth Alden
Elma StationSouth Buffalo
EnglewoodSouth Park
EvansSteel City
 Steelton
Falconwood 
FalkirkTerrace
FerryTonawanda Junction
 Transitown
Georgetown Square 
Grand IslandVan Del
Grandview Bay 
Green AcresWales
GrimesvilleWaterville Corners
GroverWest Alden Station
GunnvilleWest Aurora
 West Concord
Hamburg-on-the-LakeWest Newstead
Hamburgh StationWestwood
HarlemWilhelm
HarrietWilliam Station
HelmuthWillink
HertelWinspear
HilerWoodlawn Beach

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/









 

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