Do you know of Preston ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Preston. 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 Preston.
Our sources for Preston (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 Preston other than they indicate that Preston would be found somewhere in Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1838 and closed in 1911.
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 Preston ...
We found 46 communities that share the name Preston.
There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Preston.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 44 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 44 communities, 43 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Marshall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Preston [Marshall County].
- Arkansas
- Faulkner County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Preston [Faulkner County].
- California
- Sonoma County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Preston [Sonoma County].
- Connecticut
- New London County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Preston [New London County].
- Georgia
- Webster County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Preston [Webster County].
- Idaho
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Preston [Franklin County].
- Illinois
- Randolph County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Preston [Randolph County].
- Indiana
- Vigo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Preston [Vigo County].
- Iowa
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Preston [Jackson County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Bath County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Preston [Bath County].
- Louisiana
- Caddo Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Preston [Caddo Parish].
- De Soto Parish
- 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 Louisiana community of Preston [De Soto Parish].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Preston.
- Maryland
- Caroline County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Preston [Caroline County].
- Minnesota
- Fillmore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Preston [Fillmore County].
- Mississippi
- Kemper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Preston [Kemper County].
- Missouri
- Montana
- Meagher County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Preston [Meagher County].
- Nebraska
- Richardson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Preston [Richardson County].
- Nevada
- White Pine County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Preston [White Pine County].
- New Mexico
- Curry County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Preston [Curry County].
- New York
- Chenango County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Preston [Chenango County].
- North Carolina
- Wake County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Preston [Wake County].
- North Dakota
- Traill County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Preston [Traill County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Preston.
- Ohio
- Hamilton 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 Preston [Hamilton County].
- Muskingum County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Preston [Muskingum County].
- Oklahoma
- Beaver 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 Oklahoma community of Preston [Beaver County].
- Okmulgee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Preston [Okmulgee County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Preston.
- South Dakota
- Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Preston [Lawrence County].
- Tennessee
- Hardin 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 Tennessee community of Preston [Hardin County].
- Knox County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Preston [Knox County].
- Texas
- Dallas 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 Texas community of Preston [Dallas County].
- Grayson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Preston [Grayson County].
- Wharton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Preston [Wharton County].
- Virginia
- Henry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Preston [Henry County].
- Washington 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 Virginia community of Preston [Washington County].
- Washington
- King County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Preston [King County].
- West Virginia
- Preston County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Preston [Preston County].
- Wisconsin
- Grant County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Preston [Grant County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Preston ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Preston:
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 Preston - 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
North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)
Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Wayne 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 Wayne 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 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 Preston 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/ |