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Do you know of Birch Hill ???

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

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Birch Hill, so we are uncertain whether Birch Hill 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 Birch Hill would be found somewhere in San Diego County, California.

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 Birch Hill ...

We found five communities that share the name Birch Hill.

Within California, the name Birch Hill is unique.

Beyond California, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, three are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Litchfield 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 Connecticut community of Birch Hill [Litchfield County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Strafford 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 New Hampshire community of Birch Hill [Strafford County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • 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 Nova Scotia community of Birch Hill.
    • Prince Edward Island
      • 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 Prince Edward Island community of Birch Hill.
    • Rhode Island
      • Kent County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Birch Hill [Kent County].

More Orphans in  San Diego 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 San Diego County.

AllisonMenifdee
Alpine StationMerle
Andrew JacksonMerton
 Mesquite
Barbara TerraceMilquatay
BernardoMoosa
Bird RockMortmere
Black MountainMountain Spring
Borrego Wells 
Brick YardsNavajo
 Nellie
CabazonNorth Carlsbad
CactusNorth San Diego
CahuillaNuevo
Camp Pendleton North 
Camp Pendleton SouthOgilby
Canon SidingOlivehain
CardiffOneonta
Carriso GorgeOrange Glen
Casa de Oro-Mount HelixOrcutt
Castle Park - Otay 
ChestertonPala Mesa Village
Chollas ValleyPalm Spring
Chula Vista JunctionPalmdale
College Grove CenterPalo Vista
College PlazaPendleton North
CorderoPendleton South
Coronado Brick YardsPerris
Coronado FerryPilot Knob
CotaPlaymor
CowlesPonto
Crown Point 
CudahyRadec
 Rainbow Valley
DiamenteRancho La Costa
DivisionRose's Siding
Dos PalmasRoyal Gardens
Doyle CenterRuthven
Dry Camp 
DrylynSage
DubbersSalton
 San Carlos
EganSan Jacinto
El NidoSea Wall Spur
ElsinoreSeven Palms
 Siempreviva
Fallrock JunctionSoda Springs
FlorentineSouth Vista
Flowing WellSoutheastern
FrinksStowe
FruitlandSumac
 Sunshine Summit
George WashingtonSweetwater Dam
GlamisSweetwater Junction
  
HawleyTalica
HelenaTerra Cotta
HelixTerrace
HemetThermal
HipassTia Juana
HoweTia Junga Heights
 Tia Junga Junction
John AdamsTortuga
  
Kensington ParkVallvista
 Viejas
La Jolla MesaVineyard
Lake HenshawVirginia
Lake Morena VillageVista La Mesa
LeonVolcano Springs
Linda Mar Gardens 
Linda RosaWalters
Loma AltaWarner
Lomas Santa FeWest Escondido
Los Angeles JunctionWhite Water
LusardiWildomar
 Winchester
Mammoth TankWitch Creek
Manifee 
McGeesYager

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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Birch Hill 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.









 

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