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Do you know of Wood Island ???

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

We found mention of Wood Island 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.

Communities Also Named Wood Island ...

We found one communities that share the name Wood Island.

Within Massachusetts, the name Wood Island is unique.

Beyond Massachusetts, there is another community also named Wood Island in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Prince Edward Island
      • Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Wood Island.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Wood Island ...

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

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

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

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
  
BeachLong Island
Black Bag 
BoylstonMystic Wharf
  
Cary CutNorth Chelsea
Cathedral 
CentralOcean Spray
Chickering 
 Parker Hill
Deer IslandPope's Hill
Dorchester Lower MillsPrudential Center
  
Eggleston SquareReservoir Station
EssexRevere Beach
  
ForbesShawmut
Forest HillShirley
Fort HeathShore Line Junction
 South End
Granite Bridge 
 Thornton
Harbor ViewTremont
Harrison Square 
HilandsWinthrop Centre
 Winthrop Junction

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.









 

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