Do you know of Haymaker ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Haymaker. 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 Haymaker.
Our sources for Haymaker (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 Haymaker other than they indicate that Haymaker would be found somewhere in Botetourt County, Virginia.
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 Haymaker ...
We found one communities that share the name Haymaker.
Within Virginia, the name Haymaker is unique.
Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Haymaker in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Pennsylvania
- McKean County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Haymaker [McKean County].
- Pennsylvania
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Haymaker ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Haymaker:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Haymaker - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Botetourt 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 Botetourt County.