Do you know of Stockton ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Stockton. 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 Stockton.
Our sources for Stockton (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 Stockton other than they indicate that Stockton would be found somewhere in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1857 and closed in 1955.
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 Stockton ...
We found 30 communities that share the name Stockton.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Stockton is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 30 communities, 28 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Baldwin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Stockton [Baldwin County].
- Arizona
- Mohave County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Stockton [Mohave County].
- Arkansas
- Nevada County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Stockton [Nevada County].
- California
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Stockton [New Castle County].
- Georgia
- Clinch 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 Georgia community of Stockton [Clinch County].
- Lanier County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Stockton [Lanier County].
- Illinois
- Jo Daviess County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Stockton [Jo Daviess County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Muscatine County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Stockton [Muscatine County].
- Kansas
- Rooks County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Stockton [Rooks County].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Stockton.
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Stockton [Baltimore County].
- Harford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Stockton [Harford County].
- Worcester County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Stockton [Worcester County].
- Minnesota
- Winona County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Stockton [Winona County].
- Missouri
- Cedar County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Stockton [Cedar County].
- New Jersey
- New York
- Chautauqua County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Stockton [Chautauqua County].
- Ohio
- Butler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Stockton [Butler County].
- Ontario
- South Carolina
- Kershaw County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Stockton [Kershaw County].
- Tennessee
- Fentress County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Stockton [Fentress County].
- Loudon 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 Tennessee community of Stockton [Loudon County].
- Utah
- Tooele County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Stockton [Tooele County].
- Virginia
- Henry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Stockton [Henry County].
- West Virginia
- Mason County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Stockton [Mason County].
- Wisconsin
- Portage County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Stockton [Portage County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Stockton ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Stockton:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Stockton - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
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 Stockton.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 42/74240 (Place Name: Stockton)
County: Luzerne (FIPS State/County: 42/079)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Stockton) 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 Luzerne 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 Luzerne County.
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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Stockton 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/ |