Do you know of West Farmington ???

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

Our sources for West Farmington (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 West Farmington other than they indicate that West Farmington would be found somewhere in Ontario County, New York.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1828 and closed in 1888.

Communities Also Named West Farmington ...

We found two communities that share the name West Farmington.

Within New York, the name West Farmington is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maine
  - Franklin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of West Farmington [Franklin County].
- Ohio
  - Trumbull County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of West Farmington [Trumbull County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for West Farmington ...

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

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.

Found a mention of West Farmington, but no details.

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

More Orphans in Ontario 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 Ontario 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/