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Do you know of Van Deusen ???

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

Our sources for Van Deusen (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 Van Deusen other than they indicate that Van Deusen would be found somewhere in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1883 and closed  in 1905.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Van Deusen ...

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

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 Van Deusen - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station

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

More Orphans in  Berkshire County ...

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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 Berkshire County.

Adams CenterKent
Allendale 
AusterlitzLanesboro
 Lee Center
BancroftLenox Center
Becket StationLenox Furnace
Big Pond 
Boston CornerNorth Adams Junction
 North Becket
Cheshire CenterNorth Canaan
Clarksburg 
ColebrookOsceola
CopakeOtis Center
Curtisville 
 Rising
Dalton StationRiverside
 Rockdale
East Becket 
 Sherwood Forest
Great Barrington CenterSouth Tyringham
 Stockbridge Center
HillsdaleStockbridge Station
  
JunctionWilliamstown Center
 Williamstown Station

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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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