Do you know of Somers Center ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Somers Center. 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 Somers Center.<1>

Our sources for Somers Center (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Somers Center other than they indicate that Somers Center would be found somewhere in Westchester County, New York.

Communities Also Named Somers Center ...

We found one communities that share the name Somers Center.

Within New York, the name Somers Center is unique.

Beyond New York, there is another community also named Somers Center in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Connecticut
  - Tolland County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Somers Center [Tolland County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Somers Center ...

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

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Somers Center - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

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.

Bartow-on-the-Sound	Mount Upton
Bartow	Mount Vernon West
Bay Chester
Bedford Park	Neperan
Bedford Station	New Castle
Bleach	North Castle
Boscobel	North Larchmont
Bronx	North
	North Yonkers
Casanova
Castle	Owenville
Catamount
Central White Plains	Pelhamville
Centuck	Pleasantville Station
City Island	Primrose
Cornell	Purdy Station
Croton - Harmon
Croton Lake	Sands Mills
Croton Landing	Sarlesville
Croton North	Sing Sing
Croton	Sky Meadow Farms
	Somers Town
David's Island	South
	Sparkle Lake
East Haverstraw	Spring Park
East Pleasantville	Stillwater Hill
East
Edgemont	Tarrytown Heights
Elsmere	Tarrytown Station
	Timpson's
Gedney	Tradesville
Gray Oaks
	Unionville
Hammond
Harmon-on-Hudson	Van Cortland
Hastings	Van Nest
Hudson Terrace
	Wakefield
Kisco Park	Washingtonville
	West Farms
Lake Kitchawan	West Harrison
Lake Osceola	West New Rochelle
Lake Shenorock	West Somers
Lake Waccabuc	West Chester
Lakehurst	Whippoorwill
Larchmont Gardens	Whitlocksville
Larchmont North	Whitson
Lawrence Farms	Whittocksville
	Williams Bridge
Maryknoll	Wilson Park
McLean Heights	Woodlawn
Merritt's Corners
Mohegan	Yorktown Station
Mount Saint Vincent

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.

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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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Somers Center 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.