Do you know of West Baden ???

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

Our sources for West Baden (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 Baden other than they indicate that West Baden would be found somewhere in Orange County, Indiana.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1861 and closed  in 1935.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for West Baden ...

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

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 West Baden - Services available: had a Post Office, Express Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)
Published by Greyhound Bus Lines

Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)

The FIPS database contains an entry for West Baden.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 18/82358   (Place Name: West Baden (corporate name West Baden Springs))

County: Orange     (FIPS State/County: 18/117)

Class: C4

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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 Orange County.