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Do you know of Damon ???

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

Our sources for Damon (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 Damon other than they indicate that Damon would be found somewhere in Grays Harbor County, Washington.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1881 and closed  in 1910.

Communities Also Named Damon ...

We found nine communities that share the name Damon.

Within Washington, the name Damon is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Yell 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 Arkansas community of Damon [Yell County].
    • Illinois
      • Brown County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Damon [Brown County].
    • Michigan
      • Ogemaw County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Damon [Ogemaw County].
    • Missouri
      • Wayne County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Damon [Wayne County].
    • Ohio
      • Geauga County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Damon [Geauga County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Latimer County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Damon [Latimer County].
    • Tennessee
      • Hardin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Damon [Hardin County].
    • Texas
      • Brazoria County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Damon [Brazoria County].
    • Virginia
      • Albemarle County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Damon [Albemarle County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Damon ...

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

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

More Orphans in  Grays Harbor 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 Grays Harbor County.

Chenois CreekMorris
Cohasset Beach 
CopaisPeterson
CopalisPreachers Slough
  
Gibson CreekQuiniault
Grand Forks 
Gray's HarborSharon
 South Aberdeen Junction
IllaheeStearnsville
 Summit
Laidlaw 
 Whites
Montesano WharfWynooche

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 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 Damon 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/









 

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