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Do you know of West Farms ???

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

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

Communities Also Named West Farms ...

We found four communities that share the name West Farms.

There is one other community in New York which is also named West Farms.

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

  • Communities Located In New York ...
    • Bronx County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of West Farms [Bronx County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Massachusetts
      • Hampden County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of West Farms [Hampden County].
      • Hampshire County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of West Farms [Hampshire County].
    • New Jersey
      • Monmouth County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of West Farms [Monmouth County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for West Farms ...

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

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

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

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

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-SoundMount Upton
BartowMount Vernon West
Bay Chester 
Bedford ParkNeperan
Bedford StationNew Castle
BleachNorth Castle
BoscobelNorth Larchmont
BronxNorth
 North Yonkers
Casanova 
CastleOwenville
Catamount 
Central White PlainsPelhamville
CentuckPleasantville Station
City IslandPrimrose
CornellPurdy Station
Croton - Harmon 
Croton LakeSands Mills
Croton LandingSarlesville
Croton NorthSing Sing
CrotonSky Meadow Farms
 Somers Center
David's IslandSomers Town
 South
East HaverstrawSparkle Lake
East PleasantvilleSpring Park
EastStillwater Hill
Edgemont 
ElsmereTarrytown Heights
 Tarrytown Station
GedneyTimpson's
Gray OaksTradesville
  
HammondUnionville
Harmon-on-Hudson 
HastingsVan Cortland
Hudson TerraceVan Nest
  
Kisco ParkWakefield
 Washingtonville
Lake KitchawanWest Harrison
Lake OsceolaWest New Rochelle
Lake ShenorockWest Somers
Lake WaccabucWest Chester
LakehurstWhippoorwill
Larchmont GardensWhitlocksville
Larchmont NorthWhitson
Lawrence FarmsWhittocksville
 Williams Bridge
MaryknollWilson Park
McLean HeightsWoodlawn
Merritt's Corners 
MoheganYorktown 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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