This brought to my mind a question that has long interested me. My father was born in a place called Loweton, Saskatchewan in 1906. The only reason that it was Loweton is that the "Post Office" was in his parents' home. I would dearly love to find the place but, of course, like so many things in the past no apparent evidence of its existence remains. At least so far as I know. I'd love to heart differently anyone!! George Lowe John Wm Sloniker wrote: > Place names come about to satisfy the needs of the Postmaster General in > Washington, DC. Most people know about Joplin, MO, but there are at least > two other Joplin's, perhaps three or four, ( I forget how many). > > In 1939 my folks moved to Joplin, VA where we got our mail at the general > store PO. When the store owner agreed/wanted to be the local PO, he was > asked what name he wanted to use. He said "Since I grew up in Joplin, MO > let's call it Joplin, VA." > > The general store & PO are gone now, but our old house is still there. > > There's a web site URL to find place names and Joplin, VA is still listed. > Sorry, I don't have it handy. Fred, do you know it? > > On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Fred Pflugrath wrote: > > > Doty, Washington, according to "Washington State Place Names" by James > > W. Phillips, University of Washington Press, 1971 - > > > > Doty, (Lewis) - Named for C.A. Doty, who established a sawmill there in > > 1900. > > > > According to the Tacoma Public Library > > > > Doty is a town on the Chehalis River 19 miles west of Chehalis in west > > central Lewis County. Once it was a busy sawmill town, but has been > > inactive since the largest sawmill moved out in 1929. It was named for > > Chauncey Albert Doty, owner of Doty Lumber and Shingle Company, who > > built a sawmill and shingle mill in the late 1890s. > > > > Fred Pflugrath > > Peshastin, WA > > > > Happy to help anytime, > > John > *====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====* > # John Wm Sloniker <johnwms@serv.net> Seattle, WA # > # (206) 789-6663 7323 - 19th Ave NW 98117-5612 # > # =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- # > # I have Ancestors, Aunts, Cousins, Uncles, Brothers, Sisters. # > # Some are very good, some are very bad, but they're all mine. # > *====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*====*