Do you know of Charlotte ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Charlotte. 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 Charlotte.
Our sources for Charlotte (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 Charlotte other than they indicate that Charlotte would be found somewhere in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1890 and closed in 1913.
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 Charlotte ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name Charlotte.
Within West Virginia, the name Charlotte is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Independence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Charlotte [Independence County].
- Illinois
- Livingston County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Charlotte [Livingston County].
- Iowa
- Clinton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Charlotte [Clinton County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Iberia Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Charlotte [Iberia Parish].
- Maine
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Charlotte [Washington County].
- Michigan
- Eaton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Charlotte [Eaton County].
- Missouri
- New Mexico
- DeBaca County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Charlotte [DeBaca County].
- New York
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Charlotte [Monroe County].
- North Carolina
- Mecklenburg County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Charlotte [Mecklenburg County].
- Tennessee
- Dickson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Charlotte [Dickson County].
- Texas
- Atascosa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Charlotte [Atascosa County].
- Vermont
- Chittenden County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Charlotte [Chittenden County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Charlotte ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Charlotte:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Charlotte - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Monongalia 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 Monongalia County.
| Andy | Laurel Iron Works |
| Lemley | |
| Barclay | Low Gap |
| Beechwood | |
| Brady | Mona |
| Center | Saint Lee |
| Shriver | |
| Duke | Statler Run |
| Flickersville | Uneva |
| Guston | Vanvoorhis |
| Iron Bridge | White Day |
| Wise |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Charlotte 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |