Do you know of Board Tree ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Board Tree. 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 Board Tree.
Our sources for Board Tree (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 Board Tree other than they indicate that Board Tree would be found somewhere in Marshall County, West 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 Board Tree ...
We found one communities that share the name Board Tree.
Within West Virginia, the name Board Tree is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Board Tree in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Board Tree [Pike County].
- Kentucky
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Board Tree ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Board Tree:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Board Tree - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office
Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Marshall 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 Marshall County.