Do you know of Westmoreland ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Westmoreland. 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 Westmoreland.

We found mention of Westmoreland as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

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.

Communities Also Named Westmoreland ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Westmoreland.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Westmoreland is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Lauderdale County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Westmoreland [Lauderdale County].
  - Limestone 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 Alabama community of Westmoreland [Limestone County].
- Idaho
  - Ada 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 Idaho community of Westmoreland [Ada County].
- Illinois
  - Winnebago County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Westmoreland [Winnebago County].
- Kansas
  - Pottawatomie County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Westmoreland [Pottawatomie County].
- Kentucky
  - Fayette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Westmoreland [Fayette County].
- New Hampshire
  - Cheshire County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Westmoreland [Cheshire County].
- New York
  - Oneida County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Westmoreland [Oneida County].
  - Suffolk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Westmoreland [Suffolk County].
- North Carolina
  - Mecklenburg County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Westmoreland [Mecklenburg County].
  - Wilson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Westmoreland [Wilson County].
- Oregon
  - Multnomah County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Westmoreland [Multnomah County].
- Prince Edward Island
  - Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Westmoreland.
- Tennessee
  - Sumner County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Westmoreland [Sumner County].
- Virginia
  - Albemarle County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Westmoreland [Albemarle County].
  - Westmoreland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Westmoreland [Westmoreland County].
- West Virginia
  - Wayne County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Westmoreland [Wayne County].
- Wisconsin
  - Dane 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 Wisconsin community of Westmoreland [Dane County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Westmoreland ...

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

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Westmoreland.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/83608 (Place Name: Westmoreland)

County: Philadelphia (FIPS State/County: 42/101)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Westmoreland) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia County.

Footnotes ...

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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 Westmoreland 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.