Do you know of West Alexander ???

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

Our sources for West Alexander (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 Alexander other than they indicate that West Alexander would be found somewhere in Lucas County, Iowa.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1864 and closed  in 1865.

Communities Also Named West Alexander ...

We found one communities that share the name West Alexander.

Within Iowa, the name West Alexander is unique.

Beyond Iowa, there is another community also named West Alexander in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Pennsylvania
    • Washington County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of West Alexander [Washington County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for West Alexander ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.

Iowa State Gazetteers
Written by: Hair, James T.
Published by Bailey & Hair
(Available from Amazon.com)

More Orphans in  Lucas 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 Lucas County.