Do you know of Knickerbocker ???

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

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

Communities Also Named Knickerbocker ...

We found four communities that share the name Knickerbocker.

Within West Virginia, the name Knickerbocker is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Nevada
  - Nye County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Knickerbocker [Nye County].
- New York
  - New York County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Knickerbocker [New York County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Chester County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Knickerbocker [Chester County].
- Texas
  - Tom Green County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Knickerbocker [Tom Green County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Knickerbocker ...

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

Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

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 Knickerbocker.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 54/44332 (Place Name: Knickerbocker)

County: Kanawha (FIPS State/County: 54/039)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Knickerbocker) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in Kanawha County ...

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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 Kanawha County.

Aarrons Fork
Ace	Laurel Ridge
Alumville	LeRoy
Angel	Lewis
	Lewiston
Ballard Station	Lock Seven
Beth	London View Heights
Big Mountain	Lurd
Blacksburg
Blakely	Magazine
Bonami	Meadowbrook Hills
Bownemont	Midwest
Brownstown	Mink Shoals
Buena Vista	Morris Fork
Buff Lick	Mount Tyler
Bunker Hill	Mucklow
Burning Springs
	Nabob
Cabin Creek Junction	Nitro Park
Calvert	Noah
Cane Fork	Nottingham
Cannelton Station
Cannelton	Oak Ridge
Capitol	Owens
Carbonvale
Carkin	Paint Creek Junction
Carolina Heights	Paint Creek
Chemical City	Paragon
Cherokee	Patrick
Chilton	Paulley
Clyde	Peabody
Coal Branch Heights	Peerless
Coalsmouth	Piatt
Cofoco	Pine Grove
Copenhaver's Mills	Point Lick Junction
Cornwell	Point Lick
Crede
	Quincy
Dana
Dart	Rawn
Dego	Red Warrior Junction
Derrick	Reed
Dismal	Reynolds
Dock	Riverbend
Drybranch	Riverlawn
Dunns	Rolling Hills
Dutch Ridge	Rome
	Rosecoal
Eight	Roxalana
Elk City
Emerald Heights	Sequoi
Empire	Shadow Lawn
Eventon	Sliger
	South Carbon
Fairfield	Spring Fork
Ferguson	Stoffel
Finley	Stonewall
Forks of Little Sandy	Sybial
Fry
	Tomsburg
Garnet	Trace Fork
Gillespieville
Glen Elk	Union Mines
Glenwood	Upper Falls Of Coal
Gordons	Upton Creek
Grove
	Wacomah
Hampton Heights	Waldingfield
Harman	Wallace Heights
Hunt	Warrior
	Weir
Imperial Junction	West Carbon
Indian	West Charleston
	West Dunbar
Jordan	Whitaker
	Winter
Kainey	Woodland Heights

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>

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Knickerbocker 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.