Do you know of Vanvoorhis ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Vanvoorhis. 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 Vanvoorhis.<1> We found mention of Vanvoorhis as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Monongalia County, West Virginia. It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2> From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1894 and closed in 1953. Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Vanvoorhis ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Vanvoorhis: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3> The FIPS database contains an entry for Vanvoorhis. Referenced FIPS Records ... FIPS Code: 54/83068 (Place Name: Vanvoorhis) County: Monongalia (FIPS State/County: 54/061) Class: X3 More Orphans in Monongalia 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 Monongalia County. Footnotes ...
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