Do you know of Lebanon ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Lebanon. 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 Lebanon.
Our sources for Lebanon (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 Lebanon other than they indicate that Lebanon would be found somewhere in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1815.
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 Lebanon ...
We found 55 communities that share the name Lebanon.
Within New Jersey, the name Lebanon is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of another 55 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 55 communities, 54 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Graham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Lebanon [Graham County].
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Montezuma County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Lebanon [Montezuma County].
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Kent County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Lebanon [Kent County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Saint Clair County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Lebanon [Saint Clair County].
- Indiana
- Boone County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Lebanon [Boone County].
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- East Carroll Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Lebanon [East Carroll Parish].
- Maine
- York County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Lebanon [York County].
- Mississippi
- Hinds County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Lebanon [Hinds County].
- Holmes County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Lebanon [Holmes County].
- Marshall 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 Mississippi community of Lebanon [Marshall County].
- Newton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Lebanon [Newton County].
- Prentiss County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Lebanon [Prentiss County].
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Red Willow County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Lebanon [Red Willow County].
- New Hampshire
- Grafton County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Lebanon [Grafton County].
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Marshall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Lebanon [Marshall County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Lebanon.
- Oregon
- Linn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Lebanon [Linn County].
- Pennsylvania
- Lebanon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Lebanon [Lebanon County].
- South Carolina
- Abbeville 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 South Carolina community of Lebanon [Abbeville County].
- Anderson County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Lebanon [Anderson County].
- Berkeley County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Lebanon [Berkeley County].
- Fairfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Lebanon [Fairfield County].
- South Dakota
- Potter County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Lebanon [Potter County].
- Tennessee
- Bradley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Lebanon [Bradley County].
- Hardin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Lebanon [Hardin County].
- Haywood County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Lebanon [Haywood County].
- Wilson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Lebanon [Wilson County].
- Texas
- Virginia
- Russell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Lebanon [Russell County].
- Wisconsin
- Dodge County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Lebanon [Dodge County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lebanon ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Lebanon:
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 Lebanon - 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
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
George#&160;F. Cram Map of New Jersey (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.
North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)
Shell Oil Road Map for New Jersey (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company
More Orphans in Hunterdon 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 Hunterdon 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 Lebanon 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/ |