Do you know of Midvale ???

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

We found mention of Midvale as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Washington County, Minnesota.

Communities Also Named Midvale ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Midvale.

There is one other community in Minnesota which is also named Midvale.

Beyond Minnesota, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Located In Minnesota ...
- Ramsey County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Midvale [Ramsey County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
  - New Castle County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Midvale [New Castle County].
- Idaho
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Midvale [Washington County].
- Iowa
  - Story County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Midvale [Story County].
- Missouri
  - Texas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Midvale [Texas County].
- Nebraska
  - Brown County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Midvale [Brown County].
- New Jersey
  - Passaic County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Midvale [Passaic County].
- Ohio
  - Tuscarawas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Midvale [Tuscarawas County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Franklin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Midvale [Franklin County].
  - Luzerne County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Midvale [Luzerne County].
  - Philadelphia County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Midvale [Philadelphia County].
- Tennessee
  - Hamilton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Midvale [Hamilton County].
- Utah
  - Salt Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Midvale [Salt Lake County].
- Virginia
  - Rockbridge County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Midvale [Rockbridge County].
- Washington
  - Yakima County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Midvale [Yakima County].
- West Virginia
  - Randolph County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Midvale [Randolph County].
- Wyoming
  - Fremont County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Midvale [Fremont County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Midvale ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in Washington 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 Washington County.

Footnotes ...

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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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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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Midvale 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.