Do you know of West Detroit ???

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

Our sources for West Detroit (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 Detroit other than they indicate that West Detroit would be found somewhere in Wayne County, Michigan.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1887 and closed  in 1889.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for West Detroit ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

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

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (May 1892)
Published by Michigan Central Railway

Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for West Detroit.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 26/85640   (Place Name: West Detroit)

County: Wayne     (FIPS State/County: 26/163)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- West Detroit) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in  Wayne 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 Wayne County.