Do you know of Shocks Mills ???

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

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

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Shocks Mills ...

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

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

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

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Shocks Mills.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/70432   (Place Name: Shocks Mills (Rowenna))

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

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Shocks Mills) 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 ...

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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.