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Do you know of Wootens ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1886 and closed  in 1892.

Communities Also Named Wootens ...

We found one communities that share the name Wootens.

Within West Virginia, the name Wootens is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Marengo County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Wootens [Marengo County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Wootens ...

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

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

More Orphans in  Logan 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 Logan County.

AlonzoJohnsonville
Amherstdale - Robinette 
ArdrossanLax
Argonne 
 Manus
Bandmill JunctionMelville
BarnabasMeredith
Beech CreekMonitor Junction
BendMount Gay - Shamrock
BerthaMouth of Pigeon
BurchMouth of Sycamore
 Mud Junction
CalicoMudfork
ChamMyrtle
Chambersburg 
CoalmerNolan
Curry 
CyclonePhillips
 Poplar
Dingess 
 Ragland
EugeneRight Fork Junction
 Rolfe
Ferrell 
FoleySeng
FontaineSidney
 Snap Creek Junction
GarnetteSpaulding
GaySpottswood
Gilbert 
GinTaylor
GodbyThree Forks
 Tomlinson
Hawthorne 
HinchVanceville
HugheyVerdun
Hunt 
 Wilbur

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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