Do you know of Brewster ???

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

We found mention of Brewster as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Jackson 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.

Communities Also Named Brewster ...

We found fifteen communities that share the name Brewster.

Within West Virginia, the name Brewster is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fourteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
  - Shasta County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Brewster [Shasta County].
- Colorado
  - Fremont 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 Colorado community of Brewster [Fremont County].
- Florida
  - Polk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Brewster [Polk County].
- Illinois
  - Pike 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 Brewster [Pike County].
- Kansas
  - Thomas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Brewster [Thomas County].
- Massachusetts
  - Barnstable County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Brewster [Barnstable County].
- Minnesota
  - Nobles County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Brewster [Nobles County].
- Nebraska
  - Blaine County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Brewster [Blaine County].
- New York
  - Putnam County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Brewster [Putnam County].
- Ohio
  - Stark County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Brewster [Stark County].
- Ontario
  - 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 Ontario community of Brewster.
- Oregon
  - Linn County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Brewster [Linn County].
- Texas
  - Austin 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 Brewster [Austin County].
- Virginia
  - Russell 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 Brewster [Russell County].
- Washington
  - Okanogan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Brewster [Okanogan County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Brewster ...

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Brewster.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 54/10060 (Place Name: Brewster)

County: Jackson (FIPS State/County: 54/035)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Brewster) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in Jackson 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 Jackson County.

Footnotes ...

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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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Brewster 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.