Do you know of West Dedham ???

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

Our sources for West Dedham (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 West Dedham other than they indicate that West Dedham would be found somewhere in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1824 and closed  in 1897.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for West Dedham ...

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

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 West Dedham - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

More Orphans in  Norfolk 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 Norfolk County.