Do you know of Westgate ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Westgate. 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 Westgate.
Our sources for Westgate (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 Westgate other than they indicate that Westgate would be found somewhere in Geary County, Kansas.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1884 and closed in 1901.
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.
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.
Communities Also Named Westgate ...
We found 32 communities that share the name Westgate.
Within Kansas, the name Westgate is unique.
Beyond Kansas, we know of another 32 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 32 communities, 31 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Westgate [Montgomery County].
- Alaska
- Please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Westgate.
- California
- Los Angeles County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Westgate [Los Angeles County].
- Santa Clara County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Westgate [Santa Clara County].
- Ventura County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Westgate [Ventura County].
- Yolo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Westgate [Yolo County].
- Colorado
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Westgate [Jefferson County].
- Florida
- Manatee County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Westgate [Manatee County].
- Miami-Dade County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Westgate [Miami-Dade County].
- Georgia
- Dougherty County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Westgate [Dougherty County].
- Hall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Westgate [Hall County].
- Muscogee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Westgate [Muscogee County].
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Westgate [Fayette County].
- Louisiana
- Jefferson Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Westgate [Jefferson Parish].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Westgate.
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Lamar County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Westgate [Lamar County].
- New York
- North Carolina
- Onslow County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Westgate [Onslow County].
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Greene County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Westgate [Greene County].
- Hamblen County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Westgate [Hamblen County].
- Putnam County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Westgate [Putnam County].
- Texas
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Westgate [Salt Lake County].
- Virginia
- Albemarle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Westgate [Albemarle County].
- Prince William County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Westgate [Prince William County].
- Suffolk City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Westgate [Suffolk City].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Westgate ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Westgate:
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 Westgate - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Kansas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Geary 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 Geary County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Westgate 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |