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Do you know of Westgate ???

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

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Westgate, so we are uncertain whether Westgate is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Westgate would be found somewhere in Kent County, Michigan.

Communities Also Named Westgate ...

We found 32 communities that share the name Westgate.

Within Michigan, the name Westgate is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another 32 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 32 communities, 31 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Montgomery County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Westgate [Montgomery County].
    • Alaska
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Westgate.
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Westgate [Los Angeles County].
      • Santa Clara County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Westgate [Santa Clara County].
      • Ventura County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Westgate [Ventura County].
      • Yolo County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Westgate [Yolo County].
    • Colorado
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Westgate [Jefferson County].
    • Florida
      • Manatee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Westgate [Manatee County].
      • Miami-Dade County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Westgate [Miami-Dade County].
    • Georgia
      • Dougherty County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Westgate [Dougherty County].
      • Hall County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Westgate [Hall County].
      • Muscogee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Westgate [Muscogee County].
    • Illinois
      • Williamson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Westgate [Williamson County].
    • Iowa
      • Fayette County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Westgate [Fayette County].
    • Kansas
      • Geary County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Westgate [Geary County].
    • Louisiana
      • Jefferson Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Westgate [Jefferson Parish].
    • Manitoba
      • Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Westgate.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Westgate [Montgomery County].
      • Prince George's County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Westgate [Prince George's County].
    • Mississippi
      • Lamar County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Westgate [Lamar County].
    • New York
      • Monroe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Westgate [Monroe County].
    • North Carolina
      • Onslow County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Westgate [Onslow County].
    • South Carolina
      • Greenwood County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Westgate [Greenwood County].
      • Lexington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Westgate [Lexington County].
    • Tennessee
      • Greene County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Westgate [Greene County].
      • Hamblen County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Westgate [Hamblen County].
      • Putnam County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Westgate [Putnam County].
    • Texas
      • Harris County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Westgate [Harris County].
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Westgate [Salt Lake County].
    • Virginia
      • Albemarle County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Westgate [Albemarle County].
      • Prince William County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Westgate [Prince William County].
      • Suffolk City
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Westgate [Suffolk City].

More Orphans in  Kent 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 Kent County.

AshleyLogan
AusterlitzLoomisville
Avenue JuncionLorenzo
 Lowell Station
Ball CreekLyman
Ballards 
BostwickMadison Square
BowenMalta
BowneMcCords
BracevilleMill Creek Junction
BranninMill Creek
BristolMuskegon Junction
Brownville 
Burchs MillNelson
Burton HeightsNorth Brownville
BushsNorth Bryon
ByronNorth Cannon
 North Grand Rapids
Caledonia StationNorth Park
Camp LakeNorthgate
ChapelNorths Mill
Child's MillNorthville
Child's Mills 
Cortland CentreO'Brien
CortlandOakdale Park
CrosbyOakdale
CubaOakfield Center
 Orlando Park
Dewey 
DicksonPantlind
 Paris
Eagle MillsPark
EardlyPaul
Eastern HeightsPlainfield Heights
ElkertonPlaster Creek Junction
ElmdalePlaster Creek
 Pleasant
FernaldPratt Lake
Fisher 
Flat RiverReeds Lake
Fox StationReeds
FoxRogers Heights
FranklinRogers
Fuller 
 Saddlebag Siding
GainesSaginaw Crossing
GainesvilleSaxon
Glenwood ForestSeymour Square
Godwin HeightsSeymour
GodwinSilver Lake
GoodingSlayton
GrahamvilleSolvay
GrantSomerville
Grattan CenterSouth Grand Rapids
GriswoldSouth Rockford
 South Sparta
HammondSouthkent
Harris CreekSpencer's Mill
HillcrestStewarts
Hills and DalesSunnyside
Hughart 
 Tolands
Indian CreekTyrone
Indiana Junction 
IvanrestUla
  
KelloggsvilleVelzy
KellysVergennes
  
LafayetteWentworth
LaGrangeWest Carlisle
LamarWest Grand Rapids
Leonard HeightsWhite Swan
Lincoln LakeWhitneys
LockwoodWyoming Park

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>Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Westgate could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.









 

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