Do you know of Watts ???

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

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Watts, so we are uncertain whether Watts is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Watts would be found somewhere in Greenbrier 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.

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 Watts ...

We found nineteen communities that share the name Watts.

Within West Virginia, the name Watts is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - 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 Alabama community of Watts [Jefferson County].
- Alberta
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Watts.
- Arkansas
  - Searcy County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Watts [Searcy County].
- California
  - Los Angeles County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Watts [Los Angeles County].
- Florida
  - Hillsborough County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Watts [Hillsborough County].
- Idaho
  - Kootenai 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 Idaho community of Watts [Kootenai County].
- Kentucky
  - Breathitt County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Watts [Breathitt County].
- Louisiana
  - Ouachita Parish
  - 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 Louisiana community of Watts [Ouachita Parish].
- Mississippi
  - Jackson 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 Mississippi community of Watts [Jackson County].
- Nebraska
  - Lincoln 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 Nebraska community of Watts [Lincoln County].
- Nevada
  - Lander County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Watts [Lander County].
- North Carolina
  - Iredell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Watts [Iredell County].
- Oklahoma
  - Adair County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Watts [Adair County].
- Oregon
  - Klamath County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Watts [Klamath County].
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Watts [Washington County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Lancaster 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 Pennsylvania community of Watts [Lancaster County].
- South Carolina
  - Abbeville County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Watts [Abbeville County].
- Texas
  - Caldwell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Watts [Caldwell County].
- Virginia
  - Albemarle County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Watts [Albemarle County].

More Orphans in Greenbrier 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 Greenbrier County.

Footnotes ...

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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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Watts 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.