Do you know of West Sheffield ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about West Sheffield. 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 Sheffield.<1> We found mention of West Sheffield as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Warren County, Pennsylvania. It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2> From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1853 and closed in 1868. Miscellaneous References and Mentions for West Sheffield ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about West Sheffield: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3> The FIPS database contains an entry for West Sheffield. Referenced FIPS Records ... FIPS Code: 42/84000 (Place Name: West Sheffield) County: Warren (FIPS State/County: 42/123) Class: U6 Identifies a populated place (ie- West Sheffield) that is wholly or substantially located outside the boundaries of any incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) that has an authoritative common name recognized by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). More Orphans in Warren 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 Warren County. Footnotes ...
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