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Do you know of Hollinger ???

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

Our sources for Hollinger (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 Hollinger other than they indicate that Hollinger would be found somewhere in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1892 and closed  in 1935.

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 Hollinger ...

We found two communities that share the name Hollinger.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Hollinger is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Monroe 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 Hollinger [Monroe County].
    • Nebraska
      • Furnas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Hollinger [Furnas County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hollinger ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Hollinger.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/35232   (Place Name: Hollinger)

County: Lancaster     (FIPS State/County: 42/071)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Hollinger) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Lancaster 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 Lancaster County.

AlertLyles
Andrews Bridge 
ArcadiaManor
 Martickville
BartMartinsville
BehthesdaMast
Belair ParkMay
Binkley's BridgeMcCaull's Ferry
Blossom ValleyMeadia Heights
BrentwoodMellinger
BrubakerMission Hill
BruckartsMount Vernon
 Muddy Creek
Chiques 
ClonmellNapierville
ColerainNarron
Colonial ParkNickel Mines
ConoyNorthbrook Hills
CopenhefferNorwood
Country Club Estates 
Country GardensOakbottom
Cresswell StationOctoraro
CullyOld Line
 Orchard Park
DillerOverlook
Dillerville 
DisstownPeach Bottom Station
Dorsey'sPeach Bottom Village
DuryeaPeequea Station
 Penn
Eby'sPeter's Creek
EdisonvillePetersburg
EdwinPheasant Hill
EllwerthPiquea
 Pittsburgh Valley
FairfieldPleasant Valley
Fishing Creek StationProspect Gardens
Fishing Creek 
Fite's EddyReamstown Heights
FlorinelReinhold's Station
Forest HillsRockrimmin Ridge
Forest KnollsRowena
Fox Chase 
 Salisbury
Glen ManorSalunga - Landisville
GlenolaSchock's Mills
GockleySchool Lane Hills
GreenbankSchool Lane
GreeneSellers
GreenfieldShenk's Ferry
Groff's StoreShocks Mills
 Spotswood
HainesSpring Garden
HancockSpring Grove
HarnishSusquehanna
Hartman 
HatTucquan
Hertzler 
HessVere Cruz
Horseshoe HeightsVici
HubersVillage of Olde Hickory
 Vita
Junction 
 Watts
KreadyWest Earl
 West Marietta
Lake ConewagoWestbrook
Landis FarmsWheatland Hills
LaparkWheatland Mills
Lapp'sWhite Mills Station
LaurelvilleWild Cat Falls
Leaf ParkWilliamstown
Leaman Place JunctionWillow View Heights
LedgerWilshire Hills
Liberty Square 
LobataYork Furnace

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 Hollinger 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/









 

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