Do you know of Bownemont ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bownemont. 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 Bownemont.<1> Our sources for Bownemont (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 Bownemont other than they indicate that Bownemont would be found somewhere in Kanawha County, West Virginia. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1907 and closed in 1950. Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bownemont ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Bownemont: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Bownemont. Referenced FIPS Records ... FIPS Code: 54/09532 (Place Name: Bownemont) County: Kanawha (FIPS State/County: 54/039) Class: U4 Identifies a populated place (ie- Bownemont) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place. More Orphans in Kanawha 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 Kanawha County. Footnotes ...
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