Do you know of Alpowa ???

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

Our sources for Alpowa (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 Alpowa other than they indicate that Alpowa would be found somewhere in Garfield County, Washington.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1874 and closed  in 1923.

Communities Also Named Alpowa ...

We found one communities that share the name Alpowa.

There is one other community in Washington which is also named Alpowa.

Beyond Washington.

• Communities Located In Washington ...
  • Whitman County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Alpowa [Whitman County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Alpowa ...

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

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 Alpowa - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Garfield County ...

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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 Garfield County.