Do you know of Point Lookout ???

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

We found mention of Point Lookout as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Queens County, New York.

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.

Communities Also Named Point Lookout ...

We found eight communities that share the name Point Lookout.

There is one other community in New York which is also named Point Lookout.

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

Communities Located In New York ...
- Nassau County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Point Lookout [Nassau County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maryland
  - Saint Mary's County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Point Lookout [Saint Mary's County].
- Missouri
  - Taney 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 Missouri community of Point Lookout [Taney County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Chester 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 Point Lookout [Chester County].
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Point Lookout [Washington County].
- Tennessee
  - Hamilton 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 Tennessee community of Point Lookout [Hamilton County].
- Virginia
  - Gloucester County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Point Lookout [Gloucester County].
- West Virginia
  - Pleasants County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Point Lookout [Pleasants County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Point Lookout ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in Queens 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 Queens County.

Albertson's	Laurel Hill
Aqueduct	Lawrence Station
Arverne-by-the-Sea	Lawrence
Atlantic Park	Locust Valley
Auburndale	Long Beach

Baldwin	Manhassett
Barnum's Island	Maple Grove
Bay Terrace	Massapequa
Bayville Station	Merrick
Bayville	Mineola
Beach Channel
Bellmore	New Hyde Park
Bethpage	Newtown
Borough Hall	Nichols Siding
Broadway
	Ocean Point
Central Park	Oceanus
Cold Spring	Old Westbury
Corona - Elmhurst	Oyster Bay
Corona Park
Creedmoor	Pearsall's
	Penny Bridge
Dunta	Plainview
	Plaza
East Norwich	Pomonok
East Rockaway	Port Washington
East Williston
Elmont	Queensbridge
Evergreen
	The Raunt
Farmingdale	Ravenswood
Floral Park	Ravenswood
Forest Park	Rockaway Beach
Fort Totten	Rockville Centre
Foster's Meadow	Roslyn
Freeport
Fremont	Sea Cliff Station
	Sea Cliff
Garden City	Seaford
Glen Cove	South Richmond Hill
Glen Head	Springfield
Glendale Junction	Syosset
Glendale Station
Goose Creek	Thomaston
	Trainsmeadow
Hall
Hempstead	Valley Stream
Hewlett's
Hicksville	Wantagh
Hollis Court	Westbury Station
Holliswood	Whitestone Landing
Horace Harding	Willetts Point
Hyde Park	Winfield
	Wood Haven
Inwood	Woodbury
	Woodhaven Junction
Jericho	Woodsburgh
	Woolsey

Footnotes ...

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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 Point Lookout 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.