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Do you know of Hunter ???

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

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

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 Hunter ...

We found 31 communities that share the name Hunter.

Within West Virginia, the name Hunter is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Colbert County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Hunter [Colbert County].
      • Dallas 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 Alabama community of Hunter [Dallas County].
      • Montgomery County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Hunter [Montgomery County].
    • Alaska
      • 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 Alaska community of Hunter.
    • Arkansas
      • Woodruff County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Hunter [Woodruff County].
    • Florida
      • Putnam County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Hunter [Putnam County].
    • Georgia
      • Screven 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 Georgia community of Hunter [Screven County].
    • Idaho
      • Ada 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 Idaho community of Hunter [Ada County].
    • Illinois
      • Boone County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Hunter [Boone County].
    • Indiana
      • Marion 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 Indiana community of Hunter [Marion County].
    • Kansas
      • Mitchell County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Hunter [Mitchell County].
    • Kentucky
      • Floyd County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Hunter [Floyd County].
    • Louisiana
      • De Soto Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Hunter [De Soto Parish].
    • Missouri
      • Carter County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Hunter [Carter County].
    • Nevada
      • Elko County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Hunter [Elko County].
      • White Pine County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Hunter [White Pine County].
    • New Mexico
      • Rio Arriba County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Hunter [Rio Arriba County].
    • New York
      • Greene County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Hunter [Greene County].
    • North Dakota
      • Cass County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Hunter [Cass County].
    • Ohio
      • Belmont County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hunter [Belmont County].
      • Noble County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hunter [Noble County].
      • Warren County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Hunter [Warren County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Garfield County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Hunter [Garfield County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Forest County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Hunter [Forest County].
      • Northumberland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Hunter [Northumberland County].
    • Tennessee
      • Campbell County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Hunter [Campbell County].
      • Carter County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Hunter [Carter County].
    • Texas
      • Comal County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Hunter [Comal County].
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Hunter [Salt Lake County].
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Hunter [Fairfax County].
      • Patrick 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 Virginia community of Hunter [Patrick County].

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
BrooklinMunition
Bryson 
BurmaNed
 Nesco
CallawayNeville
Cannelton Mine JunctionNew
Citie 
CleveOley
CoalgateOtis
Collins Junction 
CollinsPeachtree
 Penman
Drews CreekPhillips
 Picard
East Gulf 
Eccles JunctionRowland
 Roxie
Flat Top Lake 
FlatsSemoco
ForestSink
FrancisSoak Creek
 Sunflower
Glen Daniel JunctionSutphin
Glen Junction 
GlomeraTablerock
 Tam
HamptonTrico
HarveyTruax
Hecla 
HotcoalViacova
 Vista
Jap 
JawoodWest Beckley
JonancyWest Raleigh
 Wigul
LaunaWillabet
LawsonWoodbay
Lick Run Junction 

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 Hunter 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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