Do you know of Willow Bend ???

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

Our sources for Willow Bend (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 Willow Bend other than they indicate that Willow Bend would be found somewhere in Monroe County, West Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1878 and closed  in 1980.

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 Willow Bend ...

We found seven communities that share the name Willow Bend.

Within West Virginia, the name Willow Bend is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Coffee County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Willow Bend [Coffee County].
    • Madison County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Willow Bend [Madison County].
  • Georgia
    • Clayton County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Willow Bend [Clayton County].
    • Muscogee County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Willow Bend [Muscogee County].
  • North Carolina
    • Henderson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Willow Bend [Henderson County].
  • Tennessee
    • Montgomery County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Willow Bend [Montgomery County].
  • Texas
    • Harris County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Willow Bend [Harris County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Willow Bend ...

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

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Willow Bend.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 54/87604   (Place Name: Willow Bend)

County: Monroe     (FIPS State/County: 54/063)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Willow Bend) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Monroe 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 Monroe County.