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Do you know of River View ???

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

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

Communities Also Named River View ...

We found eleven communities that share the name River View.

Within West Virginia, the name River View is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of another eleven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eleven communities, ten are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Chambers County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of River View [Chambers County].
    • Maryland
      • Calvert County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of River View [Calvert County].
    • New Brunswick
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of River View.
    • North Carolina
      • Mecklenburg County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of River View [Mecklenburg County].
    • Ohio
      • Butler County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of River View [Butler County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Armstrong County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of River View [Armstrong County].
      • Lehigh County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of River View [Lehigh County].
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of River View [Washington County].
    • Rhode Island
      • Kent County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of River View [Kent County].
    • Tennessee
      • Claiborne County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of River View [Claiborne County].
    • Virginia
      • Warren County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of River View [Warren County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for River View ...

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for River View - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

More Orphans in  Fayette 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 Fayette County.

BaysLeb Long
Beards JunctionLoup Creek
Beech Junction 
BeetsMill Creek Junction
Blue HoleMinersville
BraggvilleMontrado
Bridge JunctionMount Ida
Brownwood 
 Naoma
CarenNuttall
Carter 
CentralOakwood
CoitOneal
Collinsville 
 Paintsville
Deepwater BridgePennbrooke
DiamondPrice Hill Junction
  
EchoRed Star
EdgewaterRich Creek Junction
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.









 

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