Do you know of Appleton ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Appleton. 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 Appleton.
Our sources for Appleton (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 Appleton other than they indicate that Appleton would be found somewhere in Mingo County, West Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1910 and closed in 1911.
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 Appleton ...
We found 23 communities that share the name Appleton.
Within West Virginia, the name Appleton is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 23 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 23 communities, 21 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Escambia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Appleton [Escambia County].
- Arkansas
- Pope County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Appleton [Pope County].
- Colorado
- Mesa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Appleton [Mesa County].
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Gooding County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Appleton [Gooding County].
- Illinois
- Knox County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Appleton [Knox County].
- Kansas
- Bourbon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Appleton [Bourbon County].
- Clark 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 Kansas community of Appleton [Clark County].
- Crawford County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Appleton [Crawford County].
- Mitchell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Appleton [Mitchell County].
- Maine
- Knox County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Appleton [Knox County].
- Maryland
- Cecil County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Appleton [Cecil County].
- Minnesota
- Swift County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Appleton [Swift County].
- New York
- Niagara County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Appleton [Niagara County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Appleton.
- Ohio
- Licking County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Appleton [Licking County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Appleton.
- Pennsylvania
- York County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Appleton [York County].
- South Carolina
- Allendale County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Appleton [Allendale County].
- Barnwell 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 South Carolina community of Appleton [Barnwell County].
- Tennessee
- Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Appleton [Lawrence County].
- Washington
- Klickitat County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Appleton [Klickitat County].
- Wisconsin
- Outagamie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Appleton [Outagamie County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Appleton ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Appleton:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Mingo 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 Mingo County.
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 Appleton 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |