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Do you know of Rome ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Rome. 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 Rome.

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1881 and closed  in 1910.

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 Rome ...

We found 35 communities that share the name Rome.

Within West Virginia, the name Rome is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 35 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Covington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Rome [Covington County].
    • Arkansas
      • Arkansas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Rome [Arkansas County].
    • Georgia
      • Floyd County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Rome [Floyd County].
    • Illinois
      • Jefferson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Rome [Jefferson County].
      • Peoria County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Rome [Peoria County].
    • Indiana
      • Perry County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Rome [Perry County].
    • Iowa
      • Henry County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Rome [Henry County].
    • Kansas
      • Ellis County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rome [Ellis County].
      • Franklin County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rome [Franklin County].
      • Sumner County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rome [Sumner County].
    • Kentucky
      • Daviess County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Rome [Daviess County].
      • Lewis County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Rome [Lewis County].
    • Louisiana
      • Livingston Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Rome [Livingston Parish].
    • Maine
      • Kennebec County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Rome [Kennebec County].
    • Michigan
      • Lenawee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Rome [Lenawee County].
    • Mississippi
      • Sunflower County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Rome [Sunflower County].
      • Winston County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Rome [Winston County].
    • Missouri
      • Douglas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Rome [Douglas County].
    • New York
      • Essex County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Rome [Essex County].
      • Oneida County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Rome [Oneida County].
    • North Carolina
      • Johnston County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Rome [Johnston County].
    • Ohio
      • Adams County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rome [Adams County].
      • Ashtabula County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rome [Ashtabula County].
      • Delaware County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rome [Delaware County].
      • Franklin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rome [Franklin County].
      • Lawrence County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rome [Lawrence County].
      • Morrow County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rome [Morrow County].
      • Richland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rome [Richland County].
      • Stark County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Rome [Stark County].
    • Oregon
      • Malheur County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Rome [Malheur County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bradford County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Rome [Bradford County].
    • South Carolina
      • Williamsburg County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Rome [Williamsburg County].
    • Tennessee
      • Smith County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Rome [Smith County].
    • Texas
      • Milam County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Rome [Milam County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Rome [Jefferson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Rome ...

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

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

More Orphans in  Kanawha 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 Kanawha County.

Aarrons Fork 
AceLeRoy
 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
CarkinOwens
Carolina Heights 
Chemical CityPaint Creek Junction
CherokeePaint Creek
ChiltonParagon
ClydePaulley
Coal Branch HeightsPeabody
CoalsmouthPeerless
CofocoPiatt
Copenhaver's MillsPine Grove
CornwellPoint Lick Junction
CredePoint Lick
  
DanaQuincy
Dart 
DegoRawn
DerrickRed Warrior Junction
DismalReed
DockReynolds
DrybranchRiverbend
DunnsRiverlawn
Dutch RidgeRolling Hills
 Rosecoal
Elk CityRoxalana
Emerald Heights 
EmpireSequoi
EventonShadow Lawn
 Sliger
FairfieldSouth Carbon
FergusonSpring Fork
FinleyStoffel
Forks of Little SandyStonewall
FrySybial
  
Glen ElkTomsburg
GlenwoodTrace Fork
Gordons 
GroveUnion Mines
 Upper Falls Of Coal
Hampton HeightsUpton Creek
Harman 
 Wallace Heights
Imperial JunctionWarrior
IndianWest Carbon
 West Charleston
JordanWest Dunbar
 Whitaker
KaineyWoodland Heights
Knickerbocker 

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Rome could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<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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