Do you know of Westchester ???

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

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Westchester, so we are uncertain whether Westchester is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Westchester would be found somewhere in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.

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 Westchester ...

We found 26 communities that share the name Westchester.

Within Wisconsin, the name Westchester is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 26 communities, 25 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
  - Los Angeles County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Westchester [Los Angeles County].
- Connecticut
  - New London County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Westchester [New London County].
- Florida
  - Hillsborough County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Westchester [Hillsborough County].
  - Miami-Dade County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Westchester [Miami-Dade County].
- Georgia
  - Bulloch County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Westchester [Bulloch County].
  - Clarke County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Westchester [Clarke County].
- Illinois
  - Cook County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Westchester [Cook County].
- Indiana
  - Allen County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Westchester [Allen County].
  - Jay County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Westchester [Jay County].
- Louisiana
  - East Baton Rouge Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Westchester [East Baton Rouge Parish].
- Maryland
  - Baltimore County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Westchester [Baltimore County].
  - Frederick County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Westchester [Frederick County].
  - Montgomery 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 Maryland community of Westchester [Montgomery County].
- Massachusetts
  - Worcester County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Westchester [Worcester County].
- New York
  - Bronx County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Westchester [Bronx County].
  - Westchester 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 York community of Westchester [Westchester County].
- North Carolina
  - Cumberland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Westchester [Cumberland County].
  - Mecklenburg County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Westchester [Mecklenburg County].
  - Wake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Westchester [Wake County].
- Nova Scotia
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Westchester.
- South Carolina
  - Charleston County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Westchester [Charleston County].
- Virginia
  - Chesterfield County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Westchester [Chesterfield County].
  - 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 Westchester [Fairfax County].
  - Petersburg City
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Westchester [Petersburg City].
  - Prince William County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Westchester [Prince William County].
- West Virginia
  - Marion County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Westchester [Marion County].

More Orphans in Waukesha 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 Waukesha 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 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 Westchester 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.