Do you know of West Haven ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about West Haven. 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 Haven.<1>
Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of West Haven, so we are uncertain whether West Haven 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 West Haven would be found somewhere in Hamilton County, Kansas.
Communities Also Named West Haven ...
We found fifteen communities that share the name West Haven.
There is one other community in Kansas which is also named West Haven.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Stanton 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 Kansas community of West Haven [Stanton County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Tuscaloosa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of West Haven [Tuscaloosa County].
- Connecticut
- New Haven County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of West Haven [New Haven County].
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of West Haven [New Castle County].
- Maryland
- Dorchester County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of West Haven [Dorchester County].
- Michigan
- Shiawassee 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 Michigan community of West Haven [Shiawassee County].
- North Carolina
- Buncombe County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of West Haven [Buncombe County].
- Lenoir County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of West Haven [Lenoir County].
- Oregon
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of West Haven [Washington County].
- Tennessee
- Knox County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of West Haven [Knox County].
- Maury County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of West Haven [Maury County].
- Texas
- Hidalgo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of West Haven [Hidalgo County].
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of West Haven [Salt Lake County].
- Weber County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of West Haven [Weber County].
- Vermont
- Rutland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of West Haven [Rutland County].
More Orphans in Hamilton 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 Hamilton County.
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 West Haven 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. |