Do you know of West Bridgewater ???

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

Our sources for West Bridgewater (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 Bridgewater other than they indicate that West Bridgewater would be found somewhere in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1879 and closed  in 1961.

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 Bridgewater ...

We found two communities that share the name West Bridgewater.

Within Pennsylvania, the name West Bridgewater is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Massachusetts
    • Plymouth County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of West Bridgewater [Plymouth County].
  • Vermont
    • Rutland County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of West Bridgewater [Rutland County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for West Bridgewater ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for West Bridgewater - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Pennsylvania (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

The FIPS database contains an entry for West Bridgewater.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/82584   (Place Name: West Bridgewater (corporate and RR name Bridgewater))

County: Beaver     (FIPS State/County: 42/007)

Class: C4

More Orphans in  Beaver 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 Beaver County.