Do you know of Burdett ???

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

Our sources for Burdett (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 Burdett other than they indicate that Burdett would be found somewhere in Putnam County, West Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1890 and closed  in 1914.

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 Burdett ...

We found seven communities that share the name Burdett.

Within West Virginia, the name Burdett is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alberta
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Burdett.
  • Colorado
    • Washington County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Burdett [Washington County].
  • Georgia
    • Spalding County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Burdett [Spalding County].
  • Kansas
    • Pawnee County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Burdett [Pawnee County].
  • Missouri
    • Bates County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Burdett [Bates County].
  • New York
    • Schuyler County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Burdett [Schuyler County].
  • North Carolina
    • Mecklenburg County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Burdett [Mecklenburg County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Burdett ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Putnam 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 Putnam County.