Do you know of Hell Gate ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hell Gate. 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 Hell Gate.<1>
Our source wasn't clear whether Hell Gate was 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 Hell Gate would be found somewhere in New York County, New York.
Communities Also Named Hell Gate ...
We found two communities that share the name Hell Gate.
Within New York, the name Hell Gate is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hell Gate ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hell Gate:
North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Hell Gate.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 36/33106 (Place Name: Hell Gate)
County: New York (FIPS State/County: 36/061)
Class: U4
Identifies a populated place (ie- Hell Gate) 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 New York 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 New York County.
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. |