Do you know of Lynch ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Lynch. 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 Lynch.<1>
Our sources for Lynch (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 Lynch other than they indicate that Lynch would be found somewhere in Harrison County, West Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1899 and closed in 1911.
Communities Also Named Lynch ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Lynch.
Within West Virginia, the name Lynch is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- White County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Lynch [White County].
- Kentucky
- Harlan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Lynch [Harlan County].
- Louisiana
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Lynch [West Baton Rouge Parish].
- Maryland
- Kent County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Lynch [Kent County].
- Nebraska
- Boyd County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Lynch [Boyd County].
- New Mexico
- Lea County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Lynch [Lea County].
- North Carolina
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Lynch [Madison County].
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Lynch [Allegheny County].
- Forest County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Lynch [Forest County].
- South Carolina
- Virginia
- Wyoming
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lynch ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Lynch:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
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)
More Orphans in Harrison 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 Harrison County.
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 Lynch 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |