Do you know of Phoenixville ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Phoenixville. 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 Phoenixville.<1>
We found mention of Phoenixville as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Morgan County, West Virginia.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1860 and closed in 1866.
Communities Also Named Phoenixville ...
We found three communities that share the name Phoenixville.
Within West Virginia, the name Phoenixville is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Phoenixville [Jefferson County].
- Connecticut
- Windham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Phoenixville [Windham County].
- Pennsylvania
- Chester County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Phoenixville [Chester County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Phoenixville ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Phoenixville:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
More Orphans in Morgan 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 Morgan County.
| Allen | |
| North Berkeley Springs | |
| Brosius | |
| Omps | |
| Cacapon Depot | |
| Cherry Run Depot | Ridge |
| Rock Gap | |
| Dryland | Rockwell Run |
| Factory | Sleepy Creek Bridge |
| South Berkeley Springs | |
| Millers | |
| Monclova | Ungers Store |
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> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |