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Do you know of East Swanton ???

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

Our sources for East Swanton (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 East Swanton other than they indicate that East Swanton would be found somewhere in Franklin County, Vermont.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1829 and closed  in 1909.

Communities Also Named East Swanton ...

We found two communities that share the name East Swanton.

Within Vermont, the name East Swanton is unique.

Beyond Vermont, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ohio
      • Fulton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of East Swanton [Fulton County].
      • Lucas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of East Swanton [Lucas County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for East Swanton ...

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

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 East Swanton - Services available: had a Post Office, Express Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Vermont (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Franklin 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 Franklin County.

Averys GoreHillwest
 Huntsburg
BeaverHuntville
Berkshire CenterHutchins
Buck Hollow 
 Lakeside
East Swanton StationLakewood
Enosburgh Falls 
 Melville
Fletcher StationMissisquoi
Fonda JunctionMontgomery Center
  
Georgia StationNorth Georgia
Georgia 
 Saint Albans Hill
HerrickSheldon Station
Highgate StationStevens Mills
HighgateSwanton Junction Station

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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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