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Do you know of Sink ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1882 and closed  in 1894.

Communities Also Named Sink ...

We found one communities that share the name Sink.

Within West Virginia, the name Sink is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Sink in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Tennessee
      • Monroe County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Sink [Monroe County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Sink ...

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

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

More Orphans in  Raleigh 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 Raleigh County.

Amigo MineLick Run Junction
AtkinsvilleLoop Junction
  
Blue Jay JunctionMacAlpin
Bone LickMarsh Fork Junction
Bowyer Creek JunctionMarshes
BrooklinMasseysville
BrysonMayville
BurmaMunition
  
CallawayNed
Cannelton Mine JunctionNesco
CitieNeville
CleveNew
Coalgate 
Collins JunctionOley
CollinsOtis
  
Drews CreekPeachtree
 Penman
East GulfPhillips
Eccles JunctionPicard
  
Flat Top LakeRichman Falls
FlatsRowland
ForestRoxie
Francis 
 Semoco
Glen Daniel JunctionSoak Creek
Glen JunctionSunflower
GlomeraSutphin
Gulf 
 Tablerock
HamptonTam
HarveyTrico
HeclaTruax
Hotcoal 
HunterViacova
 Vista
Jap 
JawoodWest Beckley
JonancyWest Raleigh
 Wigul
LaunaWillabet
LawsonWoodbay

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>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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