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

Our sources for Farnhams (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 Farnhams other than they indicate that Farnhams would be found somewhere in Wood County, Ohio.

Communities Also Named Farnhams ...

We found one communities that share the name Farnhams.

Within Ohio, the name Farnhams is unique.

Beyond Ohio, there is another community also named Farnhams in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Hartford County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Farnhams [Hartford County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Farnhams ...

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

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Farnhams.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 39/26712   (Place Name: Farnhams)

County: Wood     (FIPS State/County: 39/173)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Farnhams) 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).

More Orphans in  Wood 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 Wood County.

BloomMilton
Brighton 
 Newtons
ChambersNorris
  
DukayParagon
 Plaza
GileadPrairie Depot
  
Hoyt's CornersRochester Place
  
LatchieTed
Le Moyne 
LongleyWaggoner Place
 Welker
MarvelWights
MercerWoodbury

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.