Do you know of Chase ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Chase. 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 Chase.
Our sources for Chase (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 Chase other than they indicate that Chase would be found somewhere in Jackson County, West Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1888 and closed in 1898.
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 Chase ...
We found 27 communities that share the name Chase.
Within West Virginia, the name Chase is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 27 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 27 communities, 26 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Chase [Madison County].
- Alaska
- Please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Chase.
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Chase.
- California
- San Bernardino County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Chase [San Bernardino County].
- Florida
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Benton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Chase [Benton County].
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Rice County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Chase [Rice County].
- Louisiana
- Franklin Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Chase [Franklin Parish].
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Chase [Lake County].
- Missouri
- Carroll County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Chase [Carroll County].
- Nebraska
- Chase County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Chase [Chase County].
- New York
- Otsego County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Chase [Otsego County].
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Klamath County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Chase [Klamath County].
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Chase [Allegheny County].
- Luzerne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Chase [Luzerne County].
- South Dakota
- Ziebach County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Chase [Ziebach County].
- Texas
- Utah
- Wisconsin
- Milwaukee 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 Wisconsin community of Chase [Milwaukee County].
- Oconto County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Chase [Oconto County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Chase ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Chase:
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 Chase - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Jackson 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 Jackson County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Chase 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |