Do you know of Old Furnace ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Old Furnace. 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 Old Furnace.

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

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.

Communities Also Named Old Furnace ...

We found five communities that share the name Old Furnace.

Within Massachusetts, the name Old Furnace is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
  - Sussex County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Old Furnace [Sussex County].
- New York
  - Essex 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 New York community of Old Furnace [Essex County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Beaver County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Old Furnace [Beaver County].
  - Union County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Old Furnace [Union County].
- Virginia
  - Rockingham County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Old Furnace [Rockingham County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Old Furnace ...

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

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

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

George#&160;F. Cram Map of Massachusetts (1901)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Old Furnace.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 25/51020 (Place Name: Old Furnace)

County: Worcester (FIPS State/County: 25/027)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Old Furnace) 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 Worcester 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 Worcester County.

Ashburnam Center
Ashburnham Junction	New Braintree Station
Athol Center	New England Village
Athol Depot	Nipmuck Pond
	North Ashburnham Station
Barber	North Brookfield Center
Barber's Crossing	North Lancaster
Barre Center	North Oxford Mills
Bates Crossing	North Oxford Station
Berlin Station	North Smithfield
Bolton Station	Northborough Center
Brookfield Center	Northbridge Compact
Brooks Station	Northridge
Burrageville
	Oxford Center
Camp Grounds
Chaffin	Pages Beach
Charlton Center	Perry's
Charlton Station	Phillipston Station
Clappville	Podunk
Cleghorn	Point Pleasant
Clinton Junction	Prentice Gardens
Clintonville	Princeton Depot
Coldbrook Station
Coldbrook	Quinsigamond
Creamery
	Royalston Station
Dudley Hill	Rutland Center
	Rutland Summit
East Douglass Station
East Fitchburg	Shrewsburty
East Hubbardston	South Clinton
East Webster	South Grafton
East Worcester	South Uxbridge
Elmdale	South Westminster
	Southboro
Farnums	Southbridge Center
Federal	Spencer Center
Fort Devens	State Line Station
	Stone's Crossing
Gardner Station	Strafford
Grafton Center
Greenwood	Thayer
	Turnpike
Hardwick Center	Twin City Plaza
Hardwick Station
Harwoods	Union Point
Heywood	Uxbridge Center
Hopedale Center
Hospital Station	Waites
Howarts	Warren Center
	Washacum
Lake Quinsigamond Shore	Waterford
Lancaster Center	Webster Center
Leicester Center	Webster Junction
Leominster Centre	Webster Mills
Lincoln Square	West Berlin Junction
	West Brookfield Center
Milbury Junction	West Gardner
Milbury	Westminster Depot
Milford Center	Westminster Station
Millville Center	Whitins
Mount Saint James	Woonsocket Junction
Mount Wachusett	Woonsocket

Footnotes ...

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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 Old Furnace 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.