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Do you know of Marsh Fork Junction ???

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

Our source wasn't clear whether Marsh Fork Junction was 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 Marsh Fork Junction would be found somewhere in Raleigh County, West Virginia.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Marsh Fork Junction ...

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

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 Marsh Fork Junction.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 54/51940   (Place Name: Marsh Fork Junction)

County: Raleigh     (FIPS State/County: 54/081)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Marsh Fork Junction) 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  Raleigh 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 Raleigh County.

Amigo MineLick Run Junction
AtkinsvilleLoop Junction
  
Blue Jay JunctionMacAlpin
Bone LickMarshes
Bowyer Creek JunctionMasseysville
BrooklinMayville
BrysonMunition
Burma 
 Ned
CallawayNesco
Cannelton Mine JunctionNeville
CitieNew
Cleve 
CoalgateOley
Collins JunctionOtis
Collins 
 Peachtree
Drews CreekPenman
 Phillips
East GulfPicard
Eccles Junction 
 Richman Falls
Flat Top LakeRowland
FlatsRoxie
Forest 
FrancisSemoco
 Sink
Glen Daniel JunctionSoak Creek
Glen JunctionSunflower
GlomeraSutphin
Gulf 
 Tablerock
HamptonTam
HarveyTrico
HeclaTruax
Hotcoal 
HunterViacova
 Vista
Jap 
JawoodWest Beckley
JonancyWest Raleigh
 Wigul
LaunaWillabet
LawsonWoodbay

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.









 

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