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This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Westham Locks. 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 Westham Locks.<1>

We found mention of Westham Locks as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Henrico County, Virginia.

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 1852 and closed  in 1881.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Westham Locks ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

More Orphans in  Henrico County ...

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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 Henrico County.

Acca 
Azalea CourtMalvern Hill
 Marion Hill
Battery ParkMayfield
Beechwood ParkMeadow Station
Beverly HillsMeadow
BinwellMeadowood
BloomingdaleMeadowview
Boudar GardensMedia Park
BoultonMitchell's
Britton Hills FarmsMontezuma Gardens
Brookland GardensMontrose Terrace
Bryan ParkMonument Heights
Bryan ParkwayMorrison Farms
Bungalow City 
ByrdNational Heights
 North Run Hills
Cedar Lawn 
Chamberlayne NorthOak View
Coal Hill 
Confederate HeightsPinedale
CourtneyProvidence Park
  
DickensdaleRichmond
 Ridge
East RichmondRio Vista
EastmorelandRobbin Dale Farms
ElbaRobin Park
 Roosevelt Park
FarmingtonRuthland
Fort Alexander 
Fort BradyScottie Farms
Fort GilmerShenandoah Place
Fort GreggShreveport Park
Fort HarrisonSkipwith Farms
Fort HillSleepy Hollow Estates
Fort HokeSolomons
Fort JohnsonStaples Mill
 Stratford Village
Glen Allen HeightsStukeley Hall Farms
GrantlandSunset Heights
Greengate 
 Thistle
HaxallTuckahoe Park
Hermitage Court 
Hermitage FarmsValentine Hills
Hermitage Park 
Highland GardensWest End
HunslettWestbourne
HuntingtonWestdale
Hutton HeightsWestwood
 White Oak
Kemps PlaceWildwood
Kings HillWillow Lawn
KorahWindcliff
 Winder
Lakeside HillsWindsordale
Laurel BranchWistar Farms
Laurel Dell 
Laurel HeightsYork Manor

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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