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Do you know of Peabody ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1881 and closed  in 1892.

Communities Also Named Peabody ...

We found nine communities that share the name Peabody.

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

Beyond West Virginia, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In West Virginia ...
    • Wetzel County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Peabody [Wetzel County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Sangamon County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Peabody [Sangamon County].
    • Indiana
      • Whitley County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Peabody [Whitley County].
    • Kansas
      • Marion County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Peabody [Marion County].
    • Kentucky
      • Clay County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Peabody [Clay County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Essex County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Peabody [Essex County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Peabody.
    • Quebec
      • Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Peabody.
    • Tennessee
      • Campbell County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Peabody [Campbell County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Peabody ...

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

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

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.

Aarrons ForkKnickerbocker
Ace 
AlumvilleLaurel Ridge
AngelLeRoy
 Lewis
Ballard StationLewiston
BethLock Seven
Big MountainLondon View Heights
BlacksburgLurd
Blakely 
BonamiMagazine
BownemontMeadowbrook Hills
BrownstownMidwest
Buena VistaMink Shoals
Buff LickMorris Fork
Bunker HillMount Tyler
Burning SpringsMucklow
  
Cabin Creek JunctionNabob
CalvertNitro Park
Cane ForkNoah
Cannelton StationNottingham
Cannelton 
CapitolOak Ridge
CarbonvaleOwens
Carkin 
Carolina HeightsPaint Creek Junction
Chemical CityPaint Creek
CherokeeParagon
ChiltonPatrick
ClydePaulley
Coal Branch HeightsPeerless
CoalsmouthPiatt
CofocoPine Grove
Copenhaver's MillsPoint Lick Junction
CornwellPoint Lick
Crede 
 Quincy
Dana 
DartRawn
DegoRed Warrior Junction
DerrickReed
DismalReynolds
DockRiverbend
DrybranchRiverlawn
DunnsRolling Hills
Dutch RidgeRome
 Rosecoal
EightRoxalana
Elk City 
Emerald HeightsSequoi
EmpireShadow Lawn
EventonSliger
 South Carbon
FairfieldSpring Fork
FergusonStoffel
FinleyStonewall
Forks of Little SandySybial
Fry 
 Tomsburg
GarnetTrace Fork
Gillespieville 
Glen ElkUnion Mines
GlenwoodUpper Falls Of Coal
GordonsUpton Creek
Grove 
 Wacomah
Hampton HeightsWaldingfield
HarmanWallace Heights
HuntWarrior
 Weir
Imperial JunctionWest Carbon
IndianWest Charleston
 West Dunbar
JordanWhitaker
 Winter
KaineyWoodland Heights

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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