Do you know of Mammoth ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Mammoth. 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 Mammoth.<1>
Our sources for Mammoth (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 Mammoth other than they indicate that Mammoth would be found somewhere in Lipscomb County, Texas.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1890 and closed in 1894.
Communities Also Named Mammoth ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Mammoth.
Within Texas, the name Mammoth is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Pinal County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Mammoth [Pinal County].
- California
- Modoc County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Mammoth [Modoc County].
- Florida
- Missouri
- Ozark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Mammoth [Ozark County].
- Montana
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Mammoth [Madison County].
- Nevada
- Pennsylvania
- Westmoreland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mammoth [Westmoreland County].
- Utah
- Juab County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Mammoth [Juab County].
- West Virginia
- Kanawha County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Mammoth [Kanawha County].
- Wyoming
- Hot Springs 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 Wyoming community of Mammoth [Hot Springs County].
- Park County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Mammoth [Park County].
- Arizona
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Mammoth ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Mammoth:
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 Mammoth - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Lipscomb 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 Lipscomb County.
| Mable | |
| Mitchell |
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Mammoth 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/ |