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Do you know of Lanesboro ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Lanesboro. 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 Lanesboro.<1>

Our sources for Lanesboro (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 Lanesboro other than they indicate that Lanesboro would be found somewhere in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1801.

Communities Also Named Lanesboro ...

We found four communities that share the name Lanesboro.

Within Massachusetts, the name Lanesboro is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Carroll County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Lanesboro [Carroll County].
    • Minnesota
      • Fillmore County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Lanesboro [Fillmore County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Susquehanna County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Lanesboro [Susquehanna County].
    • Vermont
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Lanesboro [Washington County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lanesboro ...

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

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

Shell Oil Road Map for Massachusetts (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

The FIPS database contains an entry for Lanesboro.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 25/34270   (Place Name: Lanesboro)

County: Berkshire     (FIPS State/County: 25/003)

Class: X3

More Orphans in  Berkshire 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 Berkshire County.

Adams Center 
AllendaleLee Center
AusterlitzLenox Center
 Lenox Furnace
Bancroft 
Becket StationNorth Adams Junction
Big PondNorth Becket
Boston CornerNorth Canaan
  
Cheshire CenterOsceola
ClarksburgOtis Center
Colebrook 
CopakeRising
CurtisvilleRiverside
 Rockdale
Dalton Station 
 Sherwood Forest
East BecketSouth Tyringham
 Stockbridge Center
Great Barrington CenterStockbridge Station
  
HillsdaleVan Deusen
  
JunctionWilliamstown Center
 Williamstown Station
Kent 

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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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