Do you know of Northwest ???

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

We found mention of Northwest 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.

Communities Also Named Northwest ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Northwest.

There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Northwest.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Centre 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 Pennsylvania community of Northwest [Centre County].
- Tioga County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Northwest [Tioga County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
  - Miami-Dade 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 Florida community of Northwest [Miami-Dade County].
- Iowa
  - Linn 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 Iowa community of Northwest [Linn County].
  - Scott 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 Iowa community of Northwest [Scott County].
- Nebraska
  - Douglas 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 Nebraska community of Northwest [Douglas County].
- North Carolina
  - Brunswick County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Northwest [Brunswick County].
- Nova Scotia
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Northwest.
- Ohio
  - Franklin 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 Ohio community of Northwest [Franklin County].
  - Williams County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Northwest [Williams County].
- Texas
  - Travis 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 Texas community of Northwest [Travis County].
- Virginia
  - Chesapeake City
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Northwest [Chesapeake City].
  - Norfolk City
  - 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 Northwest [Norfolk City].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Northwest ...

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

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Northwest - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office 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.

Adams Hill	Lyons Run Mine
Amyville
Apollo	Macbeth
Aqueduct	Mannitto Haven
Ashbaugh	Manor Dale
	Manor Station
Bethany	Marchands
Biddle	McGrews
Bottsville	McKain
Boucher	McMahon
Boyle	Meadow Mill
Branch Junction	Merwin
Branch	Millville
Breinizer	Mocking Bird Hill
	Moline
Calumet - Norvelt
Cedar Creek	New Salem
Chambers	Nineveh
Charleroi	North Huntingdon
Cooksville	North Webster
Country Hills	Norwin Heights
County Junction
Cowans	Oakford Park
Crag Dell	Old Meadow
Creek	Overton
Cribb
Crisp	Park Meadows
	Park
Deronda	Penn Station
Derry Station	Penns Woods
Duffs	Perrysville
	Port Palmer
East Greensburgh	Pucketas
Edlepark	Puebla
Eisaman
Elrico	Ridgeview Park
Emma	Ridgeview
	Roaring Run
Fairfield	Robbins Station
Fairmont	Rostraver
Feree	Ruffsdale
Fort Palmer	Rumbaugh
Fosterville
Foxdale	Saint Vincent
	Sand Hill
Geary	Saunders
Glencairn	Seneca Valley
Goff	Sewickley
Green Lick	Shaners Crossroads
Griffin	Shaulis
	Sheppler
Hampshire Heights	Shoup
Harford Heights	Sinclair
Haser	Sloan
Hecla	Snyder
Hendricksville	Somers
Hoggs	Southerwood
Huff	Spring Garden
Huntingdon Heights	Stauffer
	Stewart's Station
Ingleside	Stoners
	Suter
Jack's Island	Swedetown
	Sweeney Plan
Keffe
Keffer	Target
Kensington	Tarr
Kim Plan	Townsend
Kirtland	Trouts Crossing
Klondike
	Verona
Lacolle
Larimer's Station	Waltz
Lash	Weaver Mill
Laurel Mount Boro	Wegley
Leechburgh Station	Welty
Leuffer	West Apollo
Lippencott	West Jeannette
Lockport Station	West Sewickley
Long Bridge	West Side
Lose	Wilco Hill
Lucesco	Willow Springs
Lusk	Winthrop
Lynnwood - Pricedale	Woodlawn

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Northwest 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.