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Do you know of Bethany ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bethany. 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 Bethany.

Our sources for Bethany (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 Bethany other than they indicate that Bethany would be found somewhere in Genesee County, New York.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1816 and closed  in 1901.

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.

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.

Communities Also Named Bethany ...

We found 43 communities that share the name Bethany.

Within New York, the name Bethany is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another 43 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 43 communities, 41 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Pickens County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Bethany [Pickens County].
      • Tuscaloosa 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 Alabama community of Bethany [Tuscaloosa County].
    • Arkansas
      • Howard County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bethany [Howard County].
    • California
      • San Joaquin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Bethany [San Joaquin County].
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Bethany [New Haven County].
    • Florida
      • Manatee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Bethany [Manatee County].
    • Georgia
      • Baker County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bethany [Baker County].
      • Decatur County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bethany [Decatur County].
      • Fayette County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bethany [Fayette County].
      • Greene County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bethany [Greene County].
      • Jefferson 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 Georgia community of Bethany [Jefferson County].
      • Morgan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bethany [Morgan County].
    • Illinois
      • Moultrie County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Bethany [Moultrie County].
    • Indiana
      • Bartholomew County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bethany [Bartholomew County].
      • Morgan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bethany [Morgan County].
      • Parke County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bethany [Parke County].
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Bethany [Jefferson County].
      • Owen County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Bethany [Owen County].
      • Wolfe County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Bethany [Wolfe County].
    • Louisiana
      • Caddo Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Bethany [Caddo Parish].
    • Manitoba
      • Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Bethany.
    • Minnesota
      • Winona County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Bethany [Winona County].
    • Mississippi
      • Lee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Bethany [Lee County].
    • Missouri
      • Clay County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bethany [Clay County].
      • Dunklin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bethany [Dunklin County].
      • Harrison County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bethany [Harrison County].
    • Nebraska
      • Lancaster County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Bethany [Lancaster County].
    • North Carolina
      • Davidson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Bethany [Davidson County].
      • Rockingham County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Bethany [Rockingham County].
    • Ohio
      • Butler County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bethany [Butler County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Oklahoma County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Bethany [Oklahoma County].
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Bethany.
    • Oregon
      • Marion County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Bethany [Marion County].
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Bethany [Washington County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Wayne County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bethany [Wayne County].
      • Westmoreland County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bethany [Westmoreland County].
    • South Carolina
      • McCormick County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Bethany [McCormick County].
      • York County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Bethany [York County].
    • Tennessee
      • Greene County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bethany [Greene County].
      • Warren County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bethany [Warren County].
    • Texas
      • Panola County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bethany [Panola County].
    • Virginia
      • Carroll County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Bethany [Carroll County].
    • West Virginia
      • Brooke County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Bethany [Brooke County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bethany ...

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

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

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Rand McNally Map of New York (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Bethany.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 36/06255   (Place Name: Bethany (Bethany Center))

County: Genesee     (FIPS State/County: 36/037)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Bethany) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Genesee 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 Genesee County.

Alabama Station 
 Grandview
Bascom 
Byron CenterLane
Byron StationLime
  
CadyNorth Leroy
  
Doctors CrossingPiersons
  
Fargo StationSmithville

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bethany 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.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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