Do you know of Babcock ???

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

We found mention of Babcock as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in McKean County, Pennsylvania.

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.

Communities Also Named Babcock ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Babcock.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Babcock is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these thirteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
  - Chaffee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Babcock [Chaffee County].
- Georgia
  - Miller County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Babcock [Miller County].
- Illinois
  - Peoria 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 Illinois community of Babcock [Peoria County].
  - Rock Island County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Babcock [Rock Island County].
- Indiana
  - Porter County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Babcock [Porter County].
- Iowa
  - Bremer 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 Iowa community of Babcock [Bremer County].
  - Linn County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Babcock [Linn County].
- Manitoba
  - Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Babcock.
- Michigan
  - Calhoun County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Babcock [Calhoun County].
- North Dakota
  - Sargent 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 North Dakota community of Babcock [Sargent County].
- Washington
  - Walla Walla County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Babcock [Walla Walla County].
- West Virginia
  - Fayette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Babcock [Fayette County].
- Wisconsin
  - Wood County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Babcock [Wood County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Babcock ...

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Babcock - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in McKean 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 McKean County.

Allegheny Bridge	Lants
Alton
	McAmbley
Babcock's Mill	McCalmont
Bellrun	Melvin
Bell's Run	Murray Hill
Bolivar Run
Broder	Neilly's
Bullis	Newerf
Burning Well	Newtown
Burrows	North Branch
Buttsville
	Olivedale
Camp Halsey	Ostrander
Carroll
Clermont Junction	Palmerville
Coffey Run	Phalin
Corryville	Pine Run
Crawford	Portage Creek
Cumming	Prentiss Vale

Davis	Quigley
Digel	Quinnwood
Dunkle	Quinton

East Bradford	Red Bridge
Eden	Riderville
Elmwood
Englers	Sargent
	Shaffer's Mill
Forest	Smithport
Fraley's	Smith's Run
	Song Bird
Gallagher	South Branch
Garner	Southard
Glenn	Spaulings
Goodell	State Line
Gridley's
	Tarport
Hamlin	Tome's
Hazelwood	Town Line
Hess Mill	Tuna Creek
Howard Junction	Turtle Point
Howard's Hill
	Watsonville
Indian Creek	Weaver's Mills
	Weedsport
Jo Jo Junction	West Kane
Joville	White Gravel
	Williams' Mills
Kendall Creek	Wilson
Kendall	Windfall
	Woodland
Lafferty	Woodvale

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 Babcock 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.