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Do you know of Kellam ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1890 and closed  in 1912.

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.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Kellam ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Wayne 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 Wayne County.

AdeliaHine's Corners
ArielHub
Ashland 
 Inglehart
Beach PondIsland Pond
Braman 
BrowndaleJubilee
  
CanaanKirby's
Clement 
ComoLakin
 Lookout
East Hawley 
EldredNollan
  
FairviewPeetona
FarnoPreston
  
GerogetownRock Lake
Gouldsboro Station 
 Simon
HainesSunshine
Hamlinton 
Hemlock HollowWhite Oak Station
HiawathaWinwood

Footnotes ...

<1>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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