Do you know of Dexter ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Dexter. 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 Dexter.
Our sources for Dexter (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 Dexter other than they indicate that Dexter would be found somewhere in Roane County, West Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1889 and closed in 1905.
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 Dexter ...
We found 29 communities that share the name Dexter.
Within West Virginia, the name Dexter is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 29 communities, 28 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Elmore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Dexter [Elmore County].
- Arkansas
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Dexter [Jefferson County].
- Georgia
- Laurens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Dexter [Laurens County].
- Illinois
- Effingham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Dexter [Effingham County].
- Indiana
- Perry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Dexter [Perry County].
- Iowa
- Dallas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Dexter [Dallas County].
- Kansas
- Cowley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Dexter [Cowley County].
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Penobscot County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Dexter [Penobscot County].
- Michigan
- Marquette 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 Michigan community of Dexter [Marquette County].
- Washtenaw County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Dexter [Washtenaw County].
- Minnesota
- Mower County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Dexter [Mower County].
- Mississippi
- Marion 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 Mississippi community of Dexter [Marion County].
- Walthall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Dexter [Walthall County].
- Missouri
- Stoddard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Dexter [Stoddard County].
- Nebraska
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Dexter [Lincoln County].
- New Hampshire
- New Mexico
- Chaves County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Dexter [Chaves County].
- New York
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Dexter [Jefferson County].
- North Carolina
- Granville County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Dexter [Granville County].
- Ohio
- Meigs County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Dexter [Meigs County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Dexter.
- Oregon
- Lane County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Dexter [Lane County].
- Pennsylvania
- Tioga County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Dexter [Tioga County].
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Cooke County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Dexter [Cooke County].
- Wisconsin
- Fond du Lac County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Dexter [Fond du Lac County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Dexter ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Dexter:
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 Dexter - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Roane 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 Roane County.
| Curtis | Oakville |
| Cyrus | |
| Pasco | |
| Drexel | Pratt |
| Ernest | Rush Creek |
| Hammack | Shambling's Mills |
| Spring Garden | |
| Kyger | Sylvia |
| Left Hand | Tariff |
| Tyson Store | |
| Milo | |
| Wanego |
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Dexter 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/ |