Do you know of Thayer ???

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

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Thayer, so we are uncertain whether Thayer is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Thayer would be found somewhere in Worcester 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.

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 Thayer ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Thayer.

Within Massachusetts, the name Thayer is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
  - Sangamon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Thayer [Sangamon County].
- Indiana
  - Newton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Thayer [Newton County].
- Iowa
  - Union County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Thayer [Union County].
- Kansas
  - Neosho County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Thayer [Neosho County].
- Michigan
  - Gogebic County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Thayer [Gogebic County].
  - Oakland 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 Michigan community of Thayer [Oakland County].
- Mississippi
  - Lincoln County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Thayer [Lincoln County].
- Missouri
  - Oregon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Thayer [Oregon County].
- Nebraska
  - York County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Thayer [York County].
- South Carolina
  - Colleton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Thayer [Colleton County].
- Texas
  - Hidalgo 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 Texas community of Thayer [Hidalgo County].
- West Virginia
  - Fayette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Thayer [Fayette County].
- Wyoming
  - Sweetwater 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 Wyoming community of Thayer [Sweetwater County].

More Orphans in Worcester 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 Worcester County.

Ashburnam Center
Ashburnham Junction	New Braintree Station
Athol Center	New England Village
Athol Depot	Nipmuck Pond
	North Ashburnham Station
Barber	North Brookfield Center
Barber's Crossing	North Lancaster
Barre Center	North Oxford Mills
Bates Crossing	North Oxford Station
Berlin Station	North Smithfield
Bolton Station	Northborough Center
Brookfield Center	Northbridge Compact
Brooks Station	Northridge
Burrageville
	Old Furnace
Camp Grounds	Oxford Center
Chaffin
Charlton Center	Pages Beach
Charlton Station	Perry's
Clappville	Phillipston Station
Cleghorn	Podunk
Clinton Junction	Point Pleasant
Clintonville	Prentice Gardens
Coldbrook Station	Princeton Depot
Coldbrook
Creamery	Quinsigamond

Dudley Hill	Royalston Station
	Rutland Center
East Douglass Station	Rutland Summit
East Fitchburg
East Hubbardston	Shrewsburty
East Webster	South Clinton
East Worcester	South Grafton
Elmdale	South Uxbridge
	South Westminster
Farnums	Southboro
Federal	Southbridge Center
Fort Devens	Spencer Center
	State Line Station
Gardner Station	Stone's Crossing
Grafton Center	Strafford
Greenwood
	Turnpike
Hardwick Center	Twin City Plaza
Hardwick Station
Harwoods	Union Point
Heywood	Uxbridge Center
Hopedale Center
Hospital Station	Waites
Howarts	Warren Center
	Washacum
Lake Quinsigamond Shore	Waterford
Lancaster Center	Webster Center
Leicester Center	Webster Junction
Leominster Centre	Webster Mills
Lincoln Square	West Berlin Junction
	West Brookfield Center
Milbury Junction	West Gardner
Milbury	Westminster Depot
Milford Center	Westminster Station
Millville Center	Whitins
Mount Saint James	Woonsocket Junction
Mount Wachusett	Woonsocket

Footnotes ...

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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 Thayer 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.