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Do you know of Naoma ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1889 and closed  in 1894.

Communities Also Named Naoma ...

We found one communities that share the name Naoma.

There is one other community in West Virginia which is also named Naoma.

Beyond West Virginia.

  • Communities Located In West Virginia ...
    • Raleigh County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Naoma [Raleigh County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Naoma ...

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

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 Naoma - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Fayette 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 Fayette County.

BaysLeb Long
Beards JunctionLoup Creek
Beech Junction 
BeetsMill Creek Junction
Blue HoleMinersville
BraggvilleMontrado
Bridge JunctionMount Ida
Brownwood 
 Nuttall
Caren 
CarterOakwood
CentralOneal
Coit 
CollinsvillePaintsville
 Pennbrooke
Deepwater BridgePrice Hill Junction
Diamond 
 Red Star
EchoRich Creek Junction
EdgewaterRiver View
Elkridge JunctionRocky Hill
Elmo 
 Sewell Depot
Fallsview - CharltonShoo Fly
Fayette StationSiltix
Fort DefianceSilver Gap
FrederickSlater's
 South Side Junction
Garden GroundStony
GentryStretchner's Neck
Glade Creek JunctionStuart
GlencoeSugar Creek Junction
Green Siding 
GreentownTop Siding
 Tourison
HawleyTunnel
Hemlock Hollow 
HerbertonUnion
  
Kilsyth JunctionVaco Junction
KoontzVeasey
Krise 
 Wood

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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