Do you know of Nabob ???

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

Our sources for Nabob (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 Nabob other than they indicate that Nabob would be found somewhere in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1909 and closed  in 1921.

Communities Also Named Nabob ...

We found one communities that share the name Nabob.

Within West Virginia, the name Nabob is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Nabob in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Wisconsin
    • Washington County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Nabob [Washington County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Nabob ...

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

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 Nabob.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 54/57508   (Place Name: Nabob)

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

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Nabob) 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.