Do you know of West Vincent ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about West Vincent. 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 Vincent.<1> Our sources for West Vincent (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 Vincent other than they indicate that West Vincent would be found somewhere in Chester County, Pennsylvania. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1843 and closed in 1912. Miscellaneous References and Mentions for West Vincent ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about West Vincent: 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 Vincent - 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 Chester 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 Chester County. Footnotes ...
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