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Welcome to New Galena ...So far, we found very little information about New Galena. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added New Galena to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with New Galena, please Contact Us. New Galena would have been located within present day Bucks County<2>. The location of New Galena has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of New Galena, you might consider that their post office opened in 1862. While the community is gone, the present day location for New Galena is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where New Galena was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities near New Galena ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near New Galena.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around New Galena. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for New Galena. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of New Galena. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Galena. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around New Galena. See our Newspapers Page for New Galena. Adding New Galena to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of New Galena in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for New Galena was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for New Galena. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Bucks County: www.buckscounty.org/ The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/ Footnotes ...
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