Do you know of North Carmel ???

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

Our sources for North Carmel (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 North Carmel other than they indicate that North Carmel would be found somewhere in Penobscot County, Maine.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1855 and closed  in 1903.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for North Carmel ...

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

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 North Carmel - 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 Maine (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for North Carmel.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 23/50710   (Place Name: North Carmel)

County: Penobscot     (FIPS State/County: 23/019)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, North Carmel) 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  Penobscot 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 Penobscot County.