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Do you know of Coalgate ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1891 and closed  in 1895.

Communities Also Named Coalgate ...

We found two communities that share the name Coalgate.

Within West Virginia, the name Coalgate is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ohio
      • Hocking County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Coalgate [Hocking County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Coal County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Coalgate [Coal County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Coalgate ...

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

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

More Orphans in  Raleigh 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 Raleigh County.

Amigo MineLoop Junction
Atkinsville 
 MacAlpin
Blue Jay JunctionMarsh Fork Junction
Bone LickMarshes
Bowyer Creek JunctionMasseysville
BrooklinMayville
BrysonMunition
Burma 
 Ned
CallawayNesco
Cannelton Mine JunctionNeville
CitieNew
Cleve 
Collins JunctionOley
CollinsOtis
  
Drews CreekPeachtree
 Penman
East GulfPhillips
Eccles JunctionPicard
  
Flat Top LakeRichman Falls
FlatsRowland
ForestRoxie
Francis 
 Semoco
Glen Daniel JunctionSink
Glen JunctionSoak Creek
GlomeraSunflower
GulfSutphin
  
HamptonTablerock
HarveyTam
HeclaTrico
HotcoalTruax
Hunter 
 Viacova
JapVista
Jawood 
JonancyWest Beckley
 West Raleigh
LaunaWigul
LawsonWillabet
Lick Run JunctionWoodbay

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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