Do you know of Albert ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Albert. 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 Albert.<1>
Our sources for Albert (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 Albert other than they indicate that Albert would be found somewhere in Tucker County, West Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1895 and closed in 1965.
Communities Also Named Albert ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Albert.
Within West Virginia, the name Albert is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seventeen communities, thirteen are located in the United States and four are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Albert [Montgomery County].
- California
- Georgia
- Lumpkin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Albert [Lumpkin County].
- Kansas
- Barton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Albert [Barton County].
- Maine
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Albert.
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Albert.
- New Mexico
- Harding County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Albert [Harding County].
- Mora County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Albert [Mora County].
- North Dakota
- Oklahoma
- Caddo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Albert [Caddo County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Albert.
- Pennsylvania
- Luzerne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Albert [Luzerne County].
- Saskatchewan
- Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Albert.
- Texas
- Gillespie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Albert [Gillespie County].
- Virginia
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Albert ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Albert:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Albert.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 54/00724 (Place Name: Albert)
County: Tucker (FIPS State/County: 54/093)
Class: X3
More Orphans in Tucker 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 Tucker County.
| Black Fork | |
| Bohon | Mooreland |
| Mount Zion | |
| Child | |
| Clover | Pendleton |
| Corder | Porter |
| Fairfax | Red Creek |
| Red Run | |
| Haddix | |
| Hulings | Sand Run Junction |
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> | 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 Albert 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |