Do you know of Berwind ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Berwind. 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 Berwind.<1> Our sources for Berwind (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 Berwind other than they indicate that Berwind would be found somewhere in Las Animas County, Colorado. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1892 and closed in 1931. Communities Also Named Berwind ...We found one communities that share the name Berwind. Within Colorado, the name Berwind is unique. Beyond Colorado, there is another community also named Berwind in the United States.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Berwind ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Berwind: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Berwind - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned Place Names in Colorado: Why 700 Communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Arizona & New Mexico
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Colorado & Utah
More Orphans in Las Animas 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 Las Animas County. Footnotes ...
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