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Do you know of West End ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about West End. 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 West End.

Our sources for West End (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 West End other than they indicate that West End would be found somewhere in Broome County, New York.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1889 and closed  in 1896.

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 West End ...

We found 51 communities that share the name West End.

There are two communities within New York that are also named West End.

Beyond New York, we know of another 49 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 49 communities, 49 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Oswego County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of West End [Oswego County].
    • Otsego County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of West End [Otsego County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Calhoun 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 Alabama community of West End [Calhoun County].
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of West End [Jefferson County].
      • Montgomery County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of West End [Montgomery County].
    • Arizona
      • Maricopa County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of West End [Maricopa County].
    • Arkansas
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of West End [Jefferson County].
    • British Columbia
      • Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of West End.
    • California
      • Alameda County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of West End [Alameda County].
      • Marin 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 California community of West End [Marin County].
      • San Bernardino County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of West End [San Bernardino County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of West End [Hillsborough County].
      • Jackson 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 West End [Jackson County].
      • Marion 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 Florida community of West End [Marion County].
    • Georgia
      • Floyd 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 Georgia community of West End [Floyd County].
      • Fulton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of West End [Fulton County].
    • Illinois
      • Saline County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of West End [Saline County].
      • Winnebago 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 Illinois community of West End [Winnebago County].
    • Louisiana
      • Orleans Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of West End [Orleans Parish].
      • Vernon Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of West End [Vernon Parish].
    • Maine
      • Cumberland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of West End [Cumberland County].
    • Michigan
      • Wayne 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 West End [Wayne County].
    • Minnesota
      • Ramsey 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 Minnesota community of West End [Ramsey County].
      • Saint Louis 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 Minnesota community of West End [Saint Louis County].
    • Mississippi
      • Oktibbeha County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of West End [Oktibbeha County].
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of West End [Saint Louis County].
    • Montana
      • Gallatin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of West End [Gallatin County].
    • Nevada
      • Clark County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of West End [Clark County].
    • New Jersey
      • Gloucester County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of West End [Gloucester County].
      • Hudson 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 New Jersey community of West End [Hudson County].
      • Monmouth County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of West End [Monmouth County].
    • North Carolina
      • Moore County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of West End [Moore County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of West End [Allegheny County].
      • Bedford County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of West End [Bedford County].
      • Dauphin 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 West End [Dauphin County].
      • Potter 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 West End [Potter 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 West End [Schuylkill County].
    • Saskatchewan
      • Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of West End.
    • Tennessee
      • Bledsoe County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of West End [Bledsoe County].
      • Cocke County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of West End [Cocke County].
    • Texas
      • Nueces 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 Texas community of West End [Nueces County].
      • Wharton 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 Texas community of West End [Wharton County].
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax 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 West End [Fairfax County].
      • Gloucester County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of West End [Gloucester 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 West End [Henrico County].
      • Roanoke City
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of West End [Roanoke City].
      • Rockbridge 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 West End [Rockbridge County].
      • Staunton City
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of West End [Staunton City].
    • West Virginia
      • Marion County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of West End [Marion County].
      • Mingo 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 West Virginia community of West End [Mingo County].
      • Preston County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of West End [Preston County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for West End ...

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

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 West End - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Broome 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 Broome County.

Anoka 
 Oakdale
BarkerOquaga Lake
BroadacresOquaga
 Osborne Hollow
Centre Village 
Clough CornersSouth Nineveh
ColesvilleSouthview
 State Line
Dyes 
 Tuscarora
East Side 
East VestalUnion
  
HillcrestVesper
HooperVestal Center
 Vestal Gardens
Lamb's CornersVestal - Twin Orchards
Lestershire 
 West Endicott
NimmonsburgWestview

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 West End 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/









 

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