Do you know of West Chester ???

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

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

Communities Also Named West Chester ...

We found 26 communities that share the name West Chester.

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

Beyond New York, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 25 communities, 25 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Located In New York ...
- Bronx County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of West Chester [Bronx County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
  - Los Angeles County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of West Chester [Los Angeles County].
- Connecticut
  - New London County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of West Chester [New London County].
- Florida
  - Hillsborough County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of West Chester [Hillsborough County].
  - Miami-Dade County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of West Chester [Miami-Dade County].
- Georgia
  - Bulloch County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of West Chester [Bulloch County].
  - Clarke County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of West Chester [Clarke County].
- Illinois
  - Cook County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of West Chester [Cook County].
- Indiana
  - Allen County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of West Chester [Allen County].
  - Jay County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of West Chester [Jay County].
- Louisiana
  - East Baton Rouge Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of West Chester [East Baton Rouge Parish].
- Maryland
  - Baltimore County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of West Chester [Baltimore County].
  - Frederick County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of West Chester [Frederick County].
  - Montgomery 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 Maryland community of West Chester [Montgomery County].
- Massachusetts
  - Worcester County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of West Chester [Worcester County].
- North Carolina
  - Cumberland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of West Chester [Cumberland County].
  - Mecklenburg County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of West Chester [Mecklenburg County].
  - Wake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of West Chester [Wake County].
- Nova Scotia
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of West Chester.
- South Carolina
  - Charleston County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of West Chester [Charleston County].
- Virginia
  - Chesterfield County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of West Chester [Chesterfield County].
  - Fairfax 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 Virginia community of West Chester [Fairfax County].
  - Petersburg City
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of West Chester [Petersburg City].
  - Prince William County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of West Chester [Prince William County].
- West Virginia
  - Marion County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of West Chester [Marion County].
- Wisconsin
  - Waukesha 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 Wisconsin community of West Chester [Waukesha County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for West Chester ...

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

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

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

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 Center
David's Island	Somers Town
	South
East Haverstraw	Sparkle Lake
East Pleasantville	Spring Park
East	Stillwater Hill
Edgemont
Elsmere	Tarrytown Heights
	Tarrytown Station
Gedney	Timpson's
Gray Oaks	Tradesville

Hammond	Unionville
Harmon-on-Hudson
Hastings	Van Cortland
Hudson Terrace	Van Nest

Kisco Park	Wakefield
	Washingtonville
Lake Kitchawan	West Farms
Lake Osceola	West Harrison
Lake Shenorock	West New Rochelle
Lake Waccabuc	West Somers
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.

<2>

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 West Chester 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.