Do you know of Dunbarton ???

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

Our sources for Dunbarton (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 Dunbarton other than they indicate that Dunbarton would be found somewhere in Adams County, Ohio.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1827 and closed in 1909.

Communities Also Named Dunbarton ...

We found ten communities that share the name Dunbarton.

Within Ohio, the name Dunbarton is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
  - Monterey County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Dunbarton [Monterey County].
- Kentucky
  - Daviess County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Dunbarton [Daviess County].
- Louisiana
  - Concordia Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Dunbarton [Concordia Parish].
- New Hampshire
  - Merrimack County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Dunbarton [Merrimack County].
- New Jersey
  - Camden County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Dunbarton [Camden County].
- New York
  - Oneida County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Dunbarton [Oneida County].
- Ontario
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Dunbarton.
- South Carolina
  - Barnwell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Dunbarton [Barnwell County].
  - Dillon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Dunbarton [Dillon County].
- Wisconsin
  - Lafayette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Dunbarton [Lafayette County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Dunbarton ...

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

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 Dunbarton - 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

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

George#&160;F. Cram Map (1901)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

More Orphans in Adams 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 Adams 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 Dunbarton 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/