Do you know of West Hanover ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about West Hanover. 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 West Hanover.<1> Our sources for West Hanover (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 West Hanover other than they indicate that West Hanover would be found somewhere in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1821 and closed in 1895. Communities Also Named West Hanover ...We found one communities that share the name West Hanover. Within Pennsylvania, the name West Hanover is unique. Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named West Hanover in the United States.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for West Hanover ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about West Hanover: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for West Hanover - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
More Orphans in Dauphin 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 Dauphin County. Footnotes ...
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