Do you know of Stevens ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Stevens. 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 Stevens.
Our sources for Stevens (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 Stevens other than they indicate that Stevens would be found somewhere in Mason County, West Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1883 and closed in 1909.
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 Stevens ...
We found 30 communities that share the name Stevens.
Within West Virginia, the name Stevens is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 30 communities, 29 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Pickens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Stevens [Pickens County].
- Arkansas
- California
- Kern County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Stevens [Kern County].
- Georgia
- Hall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Stevens [Hall County].
- Idaho
- Adams County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Stevens [Adams County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kossuth County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Stevens [Kossuth County].
- Kansas
- Labette 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 Kansas community of Stevens [Labette County].
- Stevens County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Stevens [Stevens County].
- Kentucky
- Massachusetts
- Essex 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 Massachusetts community of Stevens [Essex County].
- Middlesex County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Stevens [Middlesex County].
- Michigan
- Berrien 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 Stevens [Berrien County].
- Emmet County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Stevens [Emmet County].
- Lenawee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Stevens [Lenawee County].
- Montmorency County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Stevens [Montmorency County].
- Mississippi
- Jasper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Stevens [Jasper County].
- Missouri
- Saint Louis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Stevens [Saint Louis County].
- New Jersey
- Burlington County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Stevens [Burlington County].
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Stevens.
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Utah
- Weber County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Stevens [Weber County].
- Vermont
- Essex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Stevens [Essex County].
- Washington
- King County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Stevens [King County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Stevens ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Stevens:
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 Stevens - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Mason 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 Mason County.
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 Stevens 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/ |