Do you know of Westwood ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Westwood. 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 Westwood.
Our sources for Westwood (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 Westwood other than they indicate that Westwood would be found somewhere in Saint Francis County, Arkansas.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1890 and closed in 1894.
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 Westwood ...
We found 80 communities that share the name Westwood.
There is one other community in Arkansas which is also named Westwood.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another 79 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 79 communities, 78 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Arkansas ...
- Pulaski County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Westwood [Pulaski County].
- Pulaski County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Westwood [Jefferson County].
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Duval County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Westwood [Duval County].
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Westwood [Hillsborough County].
- Orange 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 Florida community of Westwood [Orange County].
- Georgia
- Ben Hill County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Westwood [Ben Hill County].
- Columbia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Westwood [Columbia County].
- Dougherty County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Westwood [Dougherty County].
- Floyd County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Westwood [Floyd County].
- Richmond County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Westwood [Richmond County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Henry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Westwood [Henry County].
- Kansas
- Johnson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Westwood [Johnson County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Calcasieu Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Westwood [Calcasieu Parish].
- Ouachita Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Westwood [Ouachita Parish].
- Tensas Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Westwood [Tensas Parish].
- Maryland
- Frederick County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Westwood [Frederick County].
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Westwood [Montgomery County].
- Prince George's County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Westwood [Prince George's County].
- Wicomico County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Westwood [Wicomico County].
- Massachusetts
- Norfolk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Westwood [Norfolk County].
- Michigan
- Kalamazoo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Westwood [Kalamazoo County].
- Kalkaska County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Westwood [Kalkaska County].
- Muskegon 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 Michigan community of Westwood [Muskegon County].
- Oakland 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 Michigan community of Westwood [Oakland County].
- Mississippi
- Forrest County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Westwood [Forrest County].
- Oktibbeha County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Westwood [Oktibbeha County].
- Webster County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Westwood [Webster County].
- Missouri
- Saint Louis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Westwood [Saint Louis County].
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Cumberland County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Westwood [Cumberland County].
- Davidson County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Westwood [Davidson County].
- Guilford County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Westwood [Guilford County].
- Henderson County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Westwood [Henderson County].
- Iredell County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Westwood [Iredell County].
- Lenoir County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Westwood [Lenoir County].
- Pitt County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Westwood [Pitt County].
- Randolph County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Westwood [Randolph County].
- Scotland County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Westwood [Scotland County].
- Wilson County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Westwood [Wilson County].
- Ohio
- Allen 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 Ohio community of Westwood [Allen County].
- Hamilton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Westwood [Hamilton 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 Ohio community of Westwood [Jefferson County].
- Montgomery 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 Ohio community of Westwood [Montgomery County].
- Wayne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Westwood [Wayne County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Westwood.
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Westwood [Allegheny County].
- Cambria 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 Pennsylvania community of Westwood [Cambria County].
- Chester County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Westwood [Chester County].
- Schuylkill 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 Pennsylvania community of Westwood [Schuylkill County].
- Quebec
- Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Westwood.
- South Carolina
- Aiken County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Westwood [Aiken County].
- Charleston 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 Westwood [Charleston County].
- Greenville County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Westwood [Greenville County].
- Lancaster County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Westwood [Lancaster County].
- Lexington County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Westwood [Lexington County].
- Tennessee
- Coffee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Westwood [Coffee County].
- Maury County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Westwood [Maury County].
- Shelby 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 Tennessee community of Westwood [Shelby County].
- Texas
- Harris County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Westwood [Harris County].
- Utah
- Virginia
- Alleghany 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 Virginia community of Westwood [Alleghany County].
- Frederick County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Westwood [Frederick County].
- Hanover County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Westwood [Hanover County].
- Henrico 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 Virginia community of Westwood [Henrico County].
- Portsmouth City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Westwood [Portsmouth City].
- Roanoke City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Westwood [Roanoke City].
- Washington
- King 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 Washington community of Westwood [King County].
- Kitsap County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Westwood [Kitsap County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Westwood ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Westwood:
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 Westwood - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Saint Francis 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 Saint Francis 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 Westwood 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/ |