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Do you know of West Whiteland ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1826 and closed  in 1962.

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 Whiteland ...

We found one communities that share the name West Whiteland.

Within Pennsylvania, the name West Whiteland is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named West Whiteland in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Johnson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of West Whiteland [Johnson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for West Whiteland ...

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

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 Whiteland - Services available: had a Post Office, Express Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

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

More Orphans in  Chester 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 Chester County.

AshLocust Grove
 London Grove
Bacton StationLondonberry
Baker StationLondonderry
Beaver 
Birmingham ParkMaple Crest
Blue RockMaple
BriartonMarsh
BrintonsMegargee
Broad RunMeriwether Farms
BrooklynMont Clare
  
Carver CourtNewlin
Centerville 
Chester Valley KnollOakburne
Chester Valley 
CloudPaperville
CochrantonParkchester
Cold SpringPawling
CollamerPenningtonville
CompassvillePerkiomen
Copes BridgePoint Lookout
Corrine 
CreamRidgewood Farm
 Roberts
Devon - BerwynRock Run
Doe Run StationRolling Glen
Dorlan's MillsRosenvick
Downing HillsRoslyn
  
East CoventrySaint Marys
East DowningtonSancanac
Easttown WoodsSchuylkill
Edgemont FarmsShelmire
Edges MillShenkel
EverhartSidley
 Smedley
Fairview ParkSpringfield
Falconcrest 
FerndaleTablet
FontTalbotville
ForrestThorndale Heights
Fox HillTimicula
French Creek FallsTownsend
French CreekTredyffrin
Friendship Village 
 Uwchland
Glen 
Gum TreeValley Creek
 Valley Store
Hanover HeightsValley
Harbor WoodsVincent
Harveyville 
 West Grove Station
ImmaculataWest Vincent
Indian KingWhiteland Farms
 Whiteland
KennethWildbrier
 Willistown Inn
LeonardWilson
Lincoln University 
LincolnYellow Springs
Linfield 
Lionville - MarchwoodZermatt
Lionville Station 

Footnotes ...

<1>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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