Do you know of Pomfret ???

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

Our sources for Pomfret (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 Pomfret other than they indicate that Pomfret would be found somewhere in Chautauqua County, New York.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1809 and closed  in 1817.

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.

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.

Communities Also Named Pomfret ...

We found three communities that share the name Pomfret.

Within New York, the name Pomfret is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Connecticut
    • Windham County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Pomfret [Windham County].
  • Maryland
    • Charles County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Pomfret [Charles County].
  • Vermont
    • Windsor County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Pomfret [Windsor County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Pomfret ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

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

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

More Orphans in  Chautauqua 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 Chautauqua County.