Do you know of Newstead ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Newstead. 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 Newstead.<1> We found mention of Newstead as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Erie County, New York. It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2> From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1831 and closed in 1854. Communities Also Named Newstead ...We found five communities that share the name Newstead. Within New York, the name Newstead is unique. Beyond New York, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, three are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Newstead ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Newstead: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3> Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
More Orphans in Erie 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 Erie County. Footnotes ...
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