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Do you know of Essex ???

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

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Essex, so we are uncertain whether Essex is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Essex would be found somewhere in Boone County, West Virginia.

Communities Also Named Essex ...

We found 32 communities that share the name Essex.

Within West Virginia, the name Essex is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 32 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 32 communities, 31 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • White County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Essex [White County].
    • California
      • Humboldt County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Essex [Humboldt County].
      • Nevada County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Essex [Nevada County].
      • San Bernardino County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Essex [San Bernardino County].
    • Connecticut
      • Middlesex County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Essex [Middlesex County].
    • Georgia
      • Oconee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Essex [Oconee County].
    • Illinois
      • Cook County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Essex [Cook County].
      • Kankakee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Essex [Kankakee County].
      • Will County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Essex [Will County].
    • Iowa
      • Page County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Essex [Page County].
    • Kansas
      • Finney County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Essex [Finney County].
      • Shawnee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Essex [Shawnee County].
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Essex [Baltimore County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Essex County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Essex [Essex County].
      • Suffolk County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Essex [Suffolk County].
    • Michigan
      • Antrim County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Essex [Antrim County].
    • Minnesota
      • Otter Tail County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Essex [Otter Tail County].
    • Mississippi
      • Quitman County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Essex [Quitman County].
    • Missouri
      • Stoddard County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Essex [Stoddard County].
    • Montana
      • Flathead County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Essex [Flathead County].
    • Nevada
      • Washoe County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Essex [Washoe County].
    • New Jersey
      • Essex County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Essex [Essex County].
    • New York
      • Essex County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Essex [Essex County].
    • North Carolina
      • Halifax County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Essex [Halifax County].
      • Henderson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Essex [Henderson County].
    • North Dakota
      • Ramsey County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Essex [Ramsey County].
    • Ohio
      • Fulton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Essex [Fulton County].
      • Lawrence County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Essex [Lawrence County].
      • Union County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Essex [Union County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Essex.
    • Vermont
      • Chittenden County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Essex [Chittenden County].
    • Washington
      • Thurston County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Essex [Thurston County].

More Orphans in  Boone 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 Boone County.

Ballardsville 
Big MountainJasper
Brush Creek Junction 
 Lick Creek
CabellLick
Casey Fork 
ChapMyrtle
Cobbs 
Coon's MillsOrange
Costa 
CrookPond Junction
 Pond
Darby 
 Reston
FerndaleRobin Hood
  
HarrisSeng Creek
HewittvilleSix Mile
Hill 
HolbrookVan 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>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.
<3>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 Essex 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.









 

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