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Do you know of Hartwell ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hartwell. 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 Hartwell.

We found mention of Hartwell as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in McDowell County, West Virginia.

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.

Communities Also Named Hartwell ...

We found six communities that share the name Hartwell.

Within West Virginia, the name Hartwell is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Madison County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Hartwell [Madison County].
    • Georgia
      • Hart County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Hartwell [Hart County].
    • Indiana
      • Pike County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Hartwell [Pike County].
    • Missouri
      • Henry County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Hartwell [Henry County].
    • Montana
      • Jefferson 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 Montana community of Hartwell [Jefferson County].
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hartwell [Hamilton County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hartwell ...

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Hartwell.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 54/35644   (Place Name: Hartwell (RR name for Vallscreek))

County: McDowell     (FIPS State/County: 54/047)

Class: X3

More Orphans in  McDowell 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 McDowell County.

Amo 
AngleMile Branch
ArlingtonMoses
AuvilleMunson
  
BelcherO'Toole
 Olmsted
Caples 
ClarenPando
 Peeryville
DearingPolon
Droit 
 Ritter
East Vivian 
ElkridgeSnake Root
 South Fork Junction
GluckSquirejim
GrapevineStansill
GreenbrierSusanna
  
HallsvilleTidewater
HorsepenTotten
 Tug River
Juno 
 Vedra
Lick Branch 

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Hartwell 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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