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Do you know of Shawmut ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Shawmut. 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 Shawmut.

We found mention of Shawmut as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

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.

Communities Also Named Shawmut ...

We found ten communities that share the name Shawmut.

There is one other community in Massachusetts which is also named Shawmut.

Beyond Massachusetts, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Massachusetts ...
    • Bristol 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 Massachusetts community of Shawmut [Bristol County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Chambers County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Shawmut [Chambers County].
    • Arizona
      • Maricopa County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Shawmut [Maricopa County].
    • Arkansas
      • Pike County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Shawmut [Pike County].
    • Kansas
      • Anderson 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 Kansas community of Shawmut [Anderson County].
    • Maine
      • Somerset County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Shawmut [Somerset County].
    • Montana
      • Wheatland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Shawmut [Wheatland County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clearfield 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 Pennsylvania community of Shawmut [Clearfield County].
      • Elk County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Shawmut [Elk County].
    • Rhode Island
      • Kent County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Shawmut [Kent County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Shawmut ...

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

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

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

George#&160;F. Cram Map of Massachusetts (1901)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

More Orphans in  Suffolk 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 Suffolk County.

ArnoldIngall's
Astor 
AtlanticKenmore
  
Back Bay AnnexLong Island
Beach 
Black BagMystic Wharf
Boylston 
 North Chelsea
Cary Cut 
CathedralOcean Spray
Central 
ChickeringParker Hill
 Pope's Hill
Deer IslandPrudential Center
Dorchester Lower Mills 
 Reservoir Station
Eggleston SquareRevere Beach
Essex 
 Shirley
ForbesShore Line Junction
Forest HillSouth End
Fort Heath 
 Thornton
Granite BridgeTremont
  
Harbor ViewWinthrop Centre
Harrison SquareWinthrop Junction
HilandsWood Island
  

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Shawmut 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.









 

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