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This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about West Granville Corners. 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 Granville Corners.<1>
Our sources for West Granville Corners (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 Granville Corners other than they indicate that West Granville Corners would be found somewhere in Washington County, New York.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1862 and closed in 1958.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for West Granville Corners ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about West Granville Corners:
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.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for West Granville Corners - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Rand McNally Map of New York (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for West Granville Corners.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 36/80115 (Place Name: West Granville Corners)
County: Washington (FIPS State/County: 36/115)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, West Granville Corners) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
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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/ |