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Do you know of Watervale ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Watervale. 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 Watervale.<1>

We found mention of Watervale as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Las Animas County, Colorado.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1888 and closed  in 1921.

Communities Also Named Watervale ...

We found seven communities that share the name Watervale.

Within Colorado, the name Watervale is unique.

Beyond Colorado, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, five are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arizona
      • Cochise County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Watervale [Cochise County].
    • Georgia
      • Columbia County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Watervale [Columbia County].
    • Maryland
      • Harford County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Watervale [Harford County].
    • Michigan
      • Benzie County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Watervale [Benzie County].
    • New York
      • Onondaga County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Watervale [Onondaga County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Watervale.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Watervale.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Watervale ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

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.

Adair 
Allen MineLinwood
ApishapaLong's Junction
Atwell 
 Majestic
Barela StationMaldonado
BarnesMartinsen
Bent CanyonMenger
Berwind 
BrodheadPatt
 Pinon Canyon
ChappellPlum Valley
Chicosa JunctionPowell
  
DaleroseRezago
DelphiRoad Junction
Deuel 
DodsonvilleSarcillo Canon
DowningSilvia
Drop CitySpringvale
 Stage Canyon
East WestonStamford
EdenviewStevenson
EngleStockville
Engleville JunctionStrange
  
Forbes JunctionThompson's
Fort Worth CrossingTollerburg
 Trinchere
Hastings 
HicksVarros
Hoehnes 
HoopupWenger
 Whitford
IndianapolisWormington
  
JarosoYachita
 Yeiser
KatrinaYetta
Kazan 

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/