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Do you know of Montana Mines ???

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

Our sources for Montana Mines (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 Montana Mines other than they indicate that Montana Mines would be found somewhere in Marion County, West Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1888.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Montana Mines ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Montana Mines - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Montana Mines.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 54/55348   (Place Name: Montana Mines (Montana))

County: Marion     (FIPS State/County: 54/049)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Montana Mines) 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  Marion 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 Marion County.

AnitaHighlawns
 Hite
Basnett 
Bingamon JunctionKeyport
BroomfieldKilarm Junction
Bryan 
Bunners RidgeLoveridge Mine
Bunner's 
ByrneManleys Church
ByronMaple Point
 Meredith Springs
Catawba JunctionMiddleton
ClementsMill Falls
  
DentonNorth Fairmont
 Nuzums
Eastside 
 Paisley
Federal JunctionPeanut
Federal MinePleasantville
FlatrunPowell's
FranklinvillePrickett Creek Junction
Frisco 
 Rivesville Junction
GalletinRock Lake
Glady Creek 
Glover GapScotdale
GlovergapSunshine
Gray's Flat 
 White Rock
Harters HillWoodland Park
Hickman RunWoods Run

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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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