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Do you know of West Valley Falls ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about West Valley Falls. 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 Valley Falls.

We found mention of West Valley Falls as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Rensselaer County, New York.

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.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for West Valley Falls ...

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

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for West Valley Falls - 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)

Rand McNally Map of New York (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for West Valley Falls.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 36/81149   (Place Name: West Valley Falls)

County: Rensselaer     (FIPS State/County: 36/083)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- West Valley Falls) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in  Rensselaer County ...

Can you help?

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 Rensselaer County.

AlpsMuitzeskill
  
BathNassau Lake
Beehive Crossing 
Brainard StationSchodack Depot
Burden LakeSchodack
 Snyder's Corners
CastletonSnyders Lake
Center BrunswickSouth Berlin
 South Stephentown
East AlbanyStillman Village
East Schaghticoke 
Eat PoestenkillTaconic Lake
 Tiashoke
Fort Orange 
 Van Housen
Greenbush 
 West Berlin
HillviewWhite Creek
 Wyanantskill









 

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