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Do you know of Bohon ???

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

Our sources for Bohon (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 Bohon other than they indicate that Bohon would be found somewhere in Tucker County, West Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1885 and closed  in 1892.

Communities Also Named Bohon ...

We found one communities that share the name Bohon.

Within West Virginia, the name Bohon is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Bohon in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Mercer County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Bohon [Mercer County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bohon ...

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

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 Bohon - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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.

Albert 
 Mooreland
Black ForkMount Zion
  
ChildPendleton
CloverPorter
Corder 
 Red Creek
FairfaxRed Run
  
HaddixSand Run Junction
Hulings 

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>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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