Do you know of Mohegan ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Mohegan. 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 Mohegan.<1>
Our sources for Mohegan (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 Mohegan other than they indicate that Mohegan would be found somewhere in Westchester County, New York.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1885 and closed in 1910.
Communities Also Named Mohegan ...
We found four communities that share the name Mohegan.
Within New York, the name Mohegan is unique.
Beyond New York, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
- New London County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Mohegan [New London County].
- Mississippi
- Noxubee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Mohegan [Noxubee County].
- Rhode Island
- Providence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Mohegan [Providence County].
- West Virginia
- McDowell County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Mohegan [McDowell County].
- Connecticut
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Mohegan ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Mohegan:
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 Mohegan - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of New York (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Westchester 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 Westchester 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> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |