Do you know of Myerstown ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Myerstown. 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 Myerstown.<1>
Our sources for Myerstown (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 Myerstown other than they indicate that Myerstown would be found somewhere in Jefferson County, West Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1892 and closed in 1903.
Communities Also Named Myerstown ...
We found two communities that share the name Myerstown.
Within West Virginia, the name Myerstown is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Myerstown ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Myerstown:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Myerstown.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 54/57412 (Place Name: Myerstown)
County: Jefferson (FIPS State/County: 54/037)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Myerstown) 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 Jefferson 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 Jefferson County.
| Byrd | |
| Molers | |
| Dailey | Morgan's Grove |
| Darke | |
| Smithfield | |
| Hobbs | Snyder's Mills |
| Keller | Ulvilla |
| Kerneysville |
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/ |