Do you know of Longwood ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Longwood. 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 Longwood.
Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Longwood, so we are uncertain whether Longwood is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Longwood would be found somewhere in Bronx 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 Longwood ...
We found 25 communities that share the name Longwood.
There is one other community in New York which is also named Longwood.
Beyond New York, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 24 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In New York ...
- Genesee County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Longwood [Genesee County].
- Genesee County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Longwood [Madison County].
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Longwood [New Castle County].
- Florida
- Okaloosa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Longwood [Okaloosa 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 Longwood [Orange County].
- Seminole County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Longwood [Seminole County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Longwood [Montgomery County].
- Massachusetts
- Mississippi
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Longwood [Washington County].
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Custer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Longwood [Custer County].
- North Carolina
- Brunswick County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Longwood [Brunswick County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Longwood.
- Pennsylvania
- Chester County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Longwood [Chester County].
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Williamson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Longwood [Williamson County].
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Longwood [Clark County].
- Alabama
More Orphans in Bronx 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 Bronx 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 Longwood 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. |