Do you know of Lawton ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Lawton. 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.
Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Lawton, so we are uncertain whether Lawton is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Lawton would be found somewhere in McNairy County, Tennessee.
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 Lawton ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Lawton.
Within Tennessee, the name Lawton is unique.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Burke 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 Georgia community of Lawton [Burke County].
- Jenkins County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Lawton [Jenkins County].
- Lowndes County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Lawton [Lowndes County].
- Indiana
- Pulaski County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Lawton [Pulaski County].
- Iowa
- Woodbury County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Lawton [Woodbury County].
- Kansas
- Cherokee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lawton [Cherokee County].
- Kentucky
- Carter County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Lawton [Carter County].
- Michigan
- Van Buren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Lawton [Van Buren County].
- Nevada
- Washoe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Lawton [Washoe County].
- New York
- North Dakota
- Ramsey County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Lawton [Ramsey County].
- Ohio
- Muskingum County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Lawton [Muskingum County].
- Oklahoma
- Comanche County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Lawton [Comanche County].
- Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia 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 Pennsylvania community of Lawton [Philadelphia County].
- Susquehanna County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Lawton [Susquehanna County].
- South Carolina
- Beaufort County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Lawton [Beaufort County].
- Washington
- King County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Lawton [King County].
- West Virginia
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Lawton [Fayette County].
- Wisconsin
- Pierce County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Lawton [Pierce County].
- Georgia
More Orphans in McNairy 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 McNairy County.
| Bethel | Montezuma |
| Morse Creek | |
| Hurst | |
| Tatesville | |
| Logans Lake | Tinsley |
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 Lawton 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. |