Do you know of Hunt's Point ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hunt's Point. 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 Hunt's Point.

Our sources for Hunt's Point (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Hunt's Point other than they indicate that Hunt's Point would be found somewhere in New York County, New York.

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 Hunt's Point ...

We found three communities that share the name Hunt's Point.

There is one other community in New York which is also named Hunt's Point.

Beyond New York, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, .

Communities Located In New York ...
- Bronx County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Hunt's Point [Bronx County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Nova Scotia
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Hunt's Point.
- Washington
  - King County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Hunt's Point [King County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hunt's Point ...

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Hunt's Point - Services available: had a Post Office, Express Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in New York County ...

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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 New York County.