Do you know of Rena ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Rena. 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 Rena.
Our sources for Rena (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Rena other than they indicate that Rena would be found somewhere in Putnam County, West Virginia.
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.
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.
Communities Also Named Rena ...
We found three communities that share the name Rena.
Within West Virginia, the name Rena is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Crawford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Rena [Crawford County].
- North Carolina
- Yadkin County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Rena [Yadkin County].
- Washington
- Clallam County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Rena [Clallam County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Rena ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Rena:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Rena - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Putnam 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 Putnam County.