Do you know of Bethany ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bethany. 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 Bethany.
We found mention of Bethany as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
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.
Communities Also Named Bethany ...
We found 43 communities that share the name Bethany.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Bethany.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 42 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 42 communities, 41 are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Wayne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bethany [Wayne County].
- Wayne County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Pickens County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Bethany [Pickens County].
- Tuscaloosa County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Bethany [Tuscaloosa County].
- Arkansas
- Howard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bethany [Howard County].
- California
- Connecticut
- New Haven County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Bethany [New Haven County].
- Florida
- Manatee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Bethany [Manatee County].
- Georgia
- Baker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bethany [Baker County].
- Decatur County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bethany [Decatur County].
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bethany [Fayette County].
- Greene County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bethany [Greene County].
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bethany [Jefferson County].
- Morgan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bethany [Morgan County].
- Illinois
- Moultrie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Bethany [Moultrie County].
- Indiana
- Bartholomew County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bethany [Bartholomew County].
- Morgan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bethany [Morgan County].
- Parke County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bethany [Parke County].
- Kentucky
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Bethany [Jefferson County].
- Owen County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Bethany [Owen County].
- Wolfe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Bethany [Wolfe County].
- Louisiana
- Caddo Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Bethany [Caddo Parish].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Bethany.
- Minnesota
- Winona County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Bethany [Winona County].
- Mississippi
- Lee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Bethany [Lee County].
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Lancaster County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Bethany [Lancaster County].
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Butler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bethany [Butler County].
- Oklahoma
- Oklahoma County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Bethany [Oklahoma County].
- Ontario
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Panola County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bethany [Panola County].
- Virginia
- Carroll County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Bethany [Carroll County].
- West Virginia
- Brooke County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Bethany [Brooke County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bethany ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Bethany:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Bethany - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned
More Orphans in Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Bethany 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. |