Do you know of Sinking Valley ???

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

Our sources for Sinking Valley (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 Sinking Valley other than they indicate that Sinking Valley would be found somewhere in Blair County, Pennsylvania.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1854 and closed  in 1901.

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 Sinking Valley ...

We found two communities that share the name Sinking Valley.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Sinking Valley is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Kentucky
    • Jackson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Sinking Valley [Jackson County].
    • Pulaski County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Sinking Valley [Pulaski County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Sinking Valley ...

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

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 Sinking Valley - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Sinking Valley.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/70888   (Place Name: Sinking Valley)

County: Blair     (FIPS State/County: 42/013)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Sinking Valley) 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  Blair 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 Blair County.