Do you know of Allentown ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Allentown. 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 Allentown.
Our sources for Allentown (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 Allentown other than they indicate that Allentown would be found somewhere in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1794.
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 Allentown ...
We found 22 communities that share the name Allentown.
Within New Jersey, the name Allentown is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arizona
- Apache County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Allentown [Apache County].
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Santa Rosa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Allentown [Santa Rosa County].
- Georgia
- Wilkinson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Allentown [Wilkinson County].
- Illinois
- Tazewell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Allentown [Tazewell County].
- Mississippi
- Alcorn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Allentown [Alcorn County].
- Montana
- Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Allentown [Lake County].
- New York
- Ohio
- Allen County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Allentown [Allen County].
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Allentown [Clark County].
- Fayette 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 Ohio community of Allentown [Fayette County].
- Scioto County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Allentown [Scioto County].
- Oregon
- Josephine County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Allentown [Josephine County].
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Georgetown County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Allentown [Georgetown County].
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- Accomack County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Allentown [Accomack County].
- Washington
- King County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Allentown [King County].
- West Virginia
- Roane County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Allentown [Roane County].
- Arizona
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Allentown ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Allentown:
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 Allentown - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
George#&160;F. Cram Map of New Jersey (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.
Shell Oil Road Map for New Jersey (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company
More Orphans in Monmouth 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 Monmouth County.
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 Allentown 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |