Do you know of Winthrop ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Winthrop. 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 Winthrop.
We found mention of Winthrop as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Westmoreland 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 Winthrop ...
We found sixteen communities that share the name Winthrop.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Winthrop is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Little River County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Winthrop [Little River County].
- California
- Shasta County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Winthrop [Shasta County].
- Connecticut
- Middlesex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Winthrop [Middlesex County].
- Indiana
- Warren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Winthrop [Warren County].
- Iowa
- Buchanan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Winthrop [Buchanan County].
- Maine
- Kennebec County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Winthrop [Kennebec County].
- Maryland
- Charles County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Winthrop [Charles County].
- Massachusetts
- Suffolk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Winthrop [Suffolk County].
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Sibley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Winthrop [Sibley County].
- Missouri
- Buchanan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Winthrop [Buchanan County].
- New York
- Saint Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Winthrop [Saint Lawrence County].
- North Carolina
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Winthrop.
- South Dakota
- Washington
- Okanogan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Winthrop [Okanogan County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Winthrop ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Winthrop:
North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)
Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Winthrop 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. |