Do you know of Manila ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Manila. 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 Manila.
Our sources for Manila (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 Manila other than they indicate that Manila would be found somewhere in Laurens County, South Carolina.
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 Manila ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Manila.
Within South Carolina, the name Manila is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Navajo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Manila [Navajo County].
- Arkansas
- Mississippi County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Manila [Mississippi County].
- California
- Humboldt County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Manila [Humboldt County].
- Colorado
- Adams County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Manila [Adams County].
- Kansas
- Ford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Manila [Ford County].
- Kentucky
- Johnson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Manila [Johnson County].
- Missouri
- Pettis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Manila [Pettis County].
- Tennessee
- McMinn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Manila [McMinn County].
- Texas
- Cherokee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Manila [Cherokee County].
- Utah
- Daggett County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Manila [Daggett County].
- West Virginia
- Boone County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Manila [Boone County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Manila ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Manila:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>
Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Laurens 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 Laurens County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |