Do you know of Weirtown ???

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

Our sources for Weirtown (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 Weirtown other than they indicate that Weirtown would be found somewhere in Washington County, Indiana.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1891 and closed  in 1901.

Communities Also Named Weirtown ...

We found one communities that share the name Weirtown.

Within Indiana, the name Weirtown is unique.

Beyond Indiana, there is another community also named Weirtown in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • New Jersey
    • Warren County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Weirtown [Warren County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Weirtown ...

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

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Weirtown - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

More Orphans in  Washington 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 Washington County.