Do you know of Simms ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Simms. 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 Simms.
We found mention of Simms as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located 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.
Communities Also Named Simms ...
We found nine communities that share the name Simms.
Within West Virginia, the name Simms is unique.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Marin 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 California community of Simms [Marin County].
- San Joaquin County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Simms [San Joaquin County].
- Louisiana
- Grant Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Simms [Grant Parish].
- Montana
- Cascade County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Simms [Cascade County].
- Ohio
- Greene County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Simms [Greene County].
- Oklahoma
- Muskogee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Simms [Muskogee County].
- South Carolina
- Texas
- California
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Simms ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Simms:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Simms - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)
More Orphans in Putnam 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 Putnam County.
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 Simms 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. |