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Do you know of Clear View ???

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

Our sources for Clear View (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 Clear View other than they indicate that Clear View would be found somewhere in Cayuga County, New York.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1889 and closed  in 1916.

Communities Also Named Clear View ...

We found four communities that share the name Clear View.

Within New York, the name Clear View is unique.

Beyond New York, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Clear View [Carroll County].
      • Frederick County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Clear View [Frederick County].
    • Minnesota
      • Otter Tail County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Clear View [Otter Tail County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • York County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Clear View [York County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Clear View ...

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

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 Clear View - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Cayuga 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 Cayuga County.

Auburn SoutheastLittle Sodus
Aurelius Station 
AureliusMyers
  
Bolts CornersNine Corners
BranchvilleNorth Scipio
Brutus 
 Owasco Lake
Dougal'sOwasco Valley
  
EllsworthPort Byron Station
  
Farleys PointScipio
 Seneca River
Goodyear'sSouth Venice
 Springport
Ira StationThe Square
Ithaca JunctionSterling Center
 Sterling Station
Jackson 
 Throopville
King's Ferry Station 
Kings FerryVenice
Kinsler's 
Koenig's PointWest Niles
 Woods
Lake ComoWyckoffs Station

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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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