Do you know of Watson ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Watson. 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 Watson.
Our sources for Watson (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 Watson other than they indicate that Watson would be found somewhere in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1890 and closed in 1891.
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.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Watson ...
We found 57 communities that share the name Watson.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Watson.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 56 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 56 communities, 54 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Calhoun County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Watson [Calhoun County].
- Desha County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Watson [Desha County].
- Woodruff 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 Arkansas community of Watson [Woodruff County].
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Watson.
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Cherokee 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 Watson [Cherokee County].
- Thomas 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 Watson [Thomas County].
- Illinois
- Effingham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Watson [Effingham County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Clayton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Watson [Clayton County].
- Kansas
- Kiowa 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 Kansas community of Watson [Kiowa County].
- Lane 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 Kansas community of Watson [Lane County].
- Shawnee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Watson [Shawnee County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Livingston Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Watson [Livingston Parish].
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Watson [Franklin County].
- Michigan
- Allegan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Watson [Allegan County].
- Marquette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Watson [Marquette County].
- Montmorency 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 Michigan community of Watson [Montmorency County].
- Minnesota
- Chippewa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Watson [Chippewa County].
- Mississippi
- Marshall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Watson [Marshall County].
- Missouri
- Atchison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Watson [Atchison County].
- Pike 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 Missouri community of Watson [Pike County].
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Knox County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Watson [Knox County].
- New Mexico
- New York
- Lewis County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Watson [Lewis County].
- North Carolina
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Watson [Union County].
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Seneca County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Watson [Seneca County].
- Oklahoma
- McCurtain County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Watson [McCurtain County].
- Oregon
- Saskatchewan
- Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Watson.
- Tennessee
- Cumberland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Watson [Cumberland County].
- Hickman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Watson [Hickman County].
- Rutherford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Watson [Rutherford County].
- Williamson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Watson [Williamson County].
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Loudoun County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Watson [Loudoun County].
- West Virginia
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Watson [Marion County].
- Yukon
- Please visit our profile page for the Yukon community of Watson.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Watson ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Watson:
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 Watson - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
More Orphans in Allegheny 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 Allegheny 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 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 Watson 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |