Do you know of Bottsville ???

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

Our sources for Bottsville (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 Bottsville other than they indicate that Bottsville would be found somewhere in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1878 and closed  in 1895.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bottsville ...

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

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 Bottsville - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland County.