Do you know of West Jefferson ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about West Jefferson. 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 Jefferson.<1> We found mention of West Jefferson as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Lincoln County, Maine. It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2> From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1825 and closed in 1863. Communities Also Named West Jefferson ...We found five communities that share the name West Jefferson. Within Maine, the name West Jefferson is unique. Beyond Maine, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for West Jefferson ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about West Jefferson: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3> Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
More Orphans in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County. Footnotes ...
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