Do you know of Dayton ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Dayton. 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 Dayton.
Our sources for Dayton (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 Dayton other than they indicate that Dayton would be found somewhere in Harrison County, West Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1881 and closed in 1902.
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 Dayton ...
We found 50 communities that share the name Dayton.
There is one other community in West Virginia which is also named Dayton.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 48 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 48 communities, 47 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
In addition to the above occurrences of Dayton, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Preston County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Dayton [Preston County].
- Preston County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Marengo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Dayton [Marengo County].
- Arkansas
- Sebastian County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Dayton [Sebastian County].
- California
- Butte County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Dayton [Butte County].
- Idaho
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Dayton [Franklin County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Tippecanoe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Dayton [Tippecanoe County].
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Bourbon 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 Dayton [Bourbon County].
- Dickinson 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 Dayton [Dickinson County].
- Jefferson 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 Dayton [Jefferson County].
- Labette 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 Dayton [Labette County].
- Marshall 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 Dayton [Marshall County].
- Osage 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 Dayton [Osage County].
- Shawnee 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 Dayton [Shawnee County].
- Kentucky
- Campbell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Dayton [Campbell County].
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Dayton [East Baton Rouge Parish].
- Maine
- York County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Dayton [York County].
- Maryland
- Howard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Dayton [Howard County].
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Hennepin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Dayton [Hennepin County].
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Dayton [Lake County].
- Nevada
- Lyon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Dayton [Lyon County].
- New Jersey
- Middlesex County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Dayton [Middlesex County].
- New Mexico
- Eddy County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Dayton [Eddy County].
- New York
- Cattaraugus County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Dayton [Cattaraugus County].
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Dayton.
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Dayton.
- Oregon
- Yamhill County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Dayton [Yamhill County].
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Rhea County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Dayton [Rhea County].
- Texas
- Liberty County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Dayton [Liberty County].
- Virginia
- Rockingham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Dayton [Rockingham County].
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Green County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Dayton [Green County].
- Wyoming
- Sheridan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Dayton [Sheridan County].
- Alabama
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- Australia
- We haven't found the location of this Dayton
- Australia
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Dayton ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Dayton:
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 Dayton - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Harrison 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 Harrison 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Dayton 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/ |