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Do you know of Princeton Depot ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Princeton Depot. 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 Princeton Depot.

Our sources for Princeton Depot (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 Princeton Depot other than they indicate that Princeton Depot would be found somewhere in Worcester County, Massachusetts.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1877 and closed  in 1936.

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.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Princeton Depot ...

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

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 Princeton Depot - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station

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

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 JunctionNew Braintree Station
Athol CenterNew England Village
Athol DepotNipmuck Pond
 North Ashburnham Station
BarberNorth Brookfield Center
Barber's CrossingNorth Lancaster
Barre CenterNorth Oxford Mills
Bates CrossingNorth Oxford Station
Berlin StationNorth Smithfield
Bolton StationNorthborough Center
Brookfield CenterNorthbridge Compact
Brooks StationNorthridge
Burrageville 
 Old Furnace
Camp GroundsOxford Center
Chaffin 
Charlton CenterPages Beach
Charlton StationPerry's
ClappvillePhillipston Station
CleghornPodunk
Clinton JunctionPoint Pleasant
ClintonvillePrentice Gardens
Coldbrook Station 
ColdbrookQuinsigamond
Creamery 
 Royalston Station
Dudley HillRutland Center
 Rutland Summit
East Douglass Station 
East FitchburgShrewsburty
East HubbardstonSouth Clinton
East WebsterSouth Grafton
East WorcesterSouth Uxbridge
ElmdaleSouth Westminster
 Southboro
FarnumsSouthbridge Center
FederalSpencer Center
Fort DevensState Line Station
 Stone's Crossing
Gardner StationStrafford
Grafton Center 
GreenwoodThayer
 Turnpike
Hardwick CenterTwin City Plaza
Hardwick Station 
HarwoodsUnion Point
HeywoodUxbridge Center
Hopedale Center 
Hospital StationWaites
HowartsWarren Center
 Washacum
Lake Quinsigamond ShoreWaterford
Lancaster CenterWebster Center
Leicester CenterWebster Junction
Leominster CentreWebster Mills
Lincoln SquareWest Berlin Junction
 West Brookfield Center
Milbury JunctionWest Gardner
MilburyWestminster Depot
Milford CenterWestminster Station
Millville CenterWhitins
Mount Saint JamesWoonsocket Junction
Mount WachusettWoonsocket

Footnotes ...

<1>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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