Do you know of Damascus ???

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

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Damascus, so we are uncertain whether Damascus is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Damascus would be found somewhere in New Haven County, Connecticut.

Communities Also Named Damascus ...

We found 25 communities that share the name Damascus.

Within Connecticut, the name Damascus is unique.

Beyond Connecticut, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 22 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

In addition to the above occurrences of Damascus, we know of another community located outside of the United States and Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Coffee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Damascus [Coffee County].
  - Cullman County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Damascus [Cullman County].
  - Escambia County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Damascus [Escambia County].
- Arkansas
  - Columbia County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Damascus [Columbia County].
  - Van Buren County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Damascus [Van Buren County].
- California
  - Placer County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Damascus [Placer County].
- Georgia
  - Early County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Damascus [Early County].
  - Gordon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Damascus [Gordon County].
- Illinois
  - Stephenson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Damascus [Stephenson County].
- Maine
  - Penobscot County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Damascus [Penobscot County].
- Maryland
  - Montgomery County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Damascus [Montgomery County].
- Mississippi
  - Kemper County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Damascus [Kemper County].
  - Scott County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Damascus [Scott County].
- Missouri
  - Saint Clair County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Damascus [Saint Clair County].
- New Brunswick
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Damascus.
- New York
  - Broome County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Damascus [Broome County].
- Ohio
  - Henry County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Damascus [Henry County].
  - Logan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Damascus [Logan County].
  - Mahoning County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Damascus [Mahoning County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Damascus.
- Oregon
  - Clackamas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Damascus [Clackamas County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Wayne County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Damascus [Wayne County].
- Tennessee
  - Johnson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Damascus [Johnson County].
- Virginia
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Damascus [Washington County].

Communities Beyond North America ...
- Syria
  - - Dimashq
  - We haven't found the location of this Damascus

More Orphans in New Haven 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 New Haven County.

Allerton Farms
Amity	Indian Cove

Bethany Center	Kilby
Branford Center
Branford Point	Madison Center
Bristol Terrace	Main Street
Bungay
Burwells Beach	Nerthford
	Newhallville
Camptown	North End
Cedar Hill	Northford Station
Centreville
Cheshire Station	Oxford Center
Cheshire Village
Circle Beach	Pines Bridge
Clifton	Plaza
	Pleasant Vale
Derby Junction	Point Beach
Derby Neck	Pomperang Valley
Derby - Shelton	Pond Point
	Prospect Beach
East Guilford
East River Beach	Salem Bridge
Ettadore Park	Shepaug
	South Cheshire
Far View Beach	South Haven
Fellsmere	Sunrise Hill
Fort Trumbull Beach
	Towantic
Garden City	Tyler City
Garnet
Good Hill	Wallingford Center
Goodsell Point	West Lakes
Governor's Hill	West Meriden
Granite Bay	Wheeler Farms
Great Harbor	Woodmont
Guilford Center
	Yale New Haven
Hanover	Yale
High Rock Grove
Highland	Zoar Bridge
Hitchcock Lake

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>	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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Damascus 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.