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Do you know of Stratford ???

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

Our sources for Stratford (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 Stratford other than they indicate that Stratford would be found somewhere in Westmoreland County, Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1885 and closed  in 1984.

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.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Stratford ...

We found 25 communities that share the name Stratford.

There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Stratford.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 22 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Stratford [Fairfax County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Kings County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Stratford [Kings County].
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Stratford [Fairfield County].
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Stratford [New Castle County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Stratford [Hillsborough County].
    • Georgia
      • Fulton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Stratford [Fulton County].
    • Illinois
      • Ogle County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Stratford [Ogle County].
    • Indiana
      • Marion County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Stratford [Marion County].
    • Iowa
      • Hamilton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Stratford [Hamilton County].
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Stratford [Baltimore County].
    • Michigan
      • Missaukee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Stratford [Missaukee County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Coos County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Stratford [Coos County].
    • New Jersey
      • Camden 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 New Jersey community of Stratford [Camden County].
    • New York
      • Fulton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Stratford [Fulton County].
    • North Carolina
      • Alleghany County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Stratford [Alleghany County].
      • Pitt County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Stratford [Pitt County].
    • Ohio
      • Delaware County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Stratford [Delaware County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Garvin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Stratford [Garvin County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Stratford.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Stratford.
    • Quebec
      • Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Stratford.
    • South Dakota
      • Brown County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Stratford [Brown County].
    • Texas
      • Sherman County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Stratford [Sherman County].
    • Washington
      • Grant County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Stratford [Grant County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Marathon County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Stratford [Marathon County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Stratford ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

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

Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Stratford.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 51/76048   (Place Name: Stratford)

County: Westmoreland     (FIPS State/County: 51/193)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Stratford) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

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.

Broadfield 
 Louisville
Cintra 
 Sheep Point
ElthamShorts Store
  
FoneswoodTempleman Cross Roads
  
Greys CornerUttamussamacoma
  
KildeeWhitepoint
Kolbs 

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 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 Stratford 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.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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