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Do you know of Watrous ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1921 and closed  in 1965.

Communities Also Named Watrous ...

We found five communities that share the name Watrous.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Watrous is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Watrous [Hillsborough County].
    • Michigan
      • Huron 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 Michigan community of Watrous [Huron County].
    • New Mexico
      • Mora County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Watrous [Mora County].
    • North Dakota
      • Hettinger County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Watrous [Hettinger County].
    • Saskatchewan
      • Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Watrous.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Watrous ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

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

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

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Watrous.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/81568   (Place Name: Watrous)

County: Tioga     (FIPS State/County: 42/117)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Watrous) 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  Tioga 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 Tioga County.

Academy CornersLansing
 Lathrop
Bailey CreekLeach's
Ben GulleyLloyd
Blue RunLulu
  
Chatham ValleyMaple Ridge
CreameryMarshfield
CrosscutMatson's
 Middlebury
Daggett's MillsMitchell's Creek
DallasvilleMitchells
Darling Run 
DavisNorth Fork
Delmar 
DixOppelsville
  
East CharlestonPhillips Station
East ChathamPine Creek
East LawrencevillePurplebrook
Ebenton 
Elk RunRill
 Rutland
Gurnee JunctionRyonsville
  
HagarsSomerville
HartfieldSpencerville
HartfordStokesdale Junction
Hill's CreekStone Mill
HolidaySullivan
 Summit
Johnson Brook 
 Voltus
Kennedyville 
KnappWalker
  

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 Watrous 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.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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