Do you know of West Charleston ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1905 and closed  in 1907.

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 West Charleston ...

We found three communities that share the name West Charleston.

Within West Virginia, the name West Charleston is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Maine
    • Penobscot County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of West Charleston [Penobscot County].
  • Ohio
    • Miami County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of West Charleston [Miami County].
  • Vermont
    • Orleans County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of West Charleston [Orleans County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for West Charleston ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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 West Charleston.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 54/85540   (Place Name: West Charleston)

County: Kanawha     (FIPS State/County: 54/039)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- West Charleston) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in  Kanawha 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 Kanawha County.