Do you know of Overbrook ???

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

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

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 Overbrook ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Overbrook.

There is one other community in New Jersey which is also named Overbrook.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Located In New Jersey ...
- Camden County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Overbrook [Camden County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Talladega County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Overbrook [Talladega County].
- Delaware
  - Sussex County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Overbrook [Sussex County].
- Georgia
  - Bulloch County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Overbrook [Bulloch County].
- Kansas
  - Osage County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Overbrook [Osage County].
- Maryland
  - Frederick County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Overbrook [Frederick County].
  - Prince George's County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Overbrook [Prince George's County].
- Massachusetts
  - Norfolk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Overbrook [Norfolk County].
- Oklahoma
  - Love County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Overbrook [Love County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Overbrook.
- Pennsylvania
  - Allegheny County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Overbrook [Allegheny County].
  - Berks County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Overbrook [Berks County].
  - Montgomery 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 Pennsylvania community of Overbrook [Montgomery County].
- South Carolina
  - Greenville County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Overbrook [Greenville County].
- Tennessee
  - Bradley County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Overbrook [Bradley County].
- Virginia
  - Norfolk City
  - 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 Virginia community of Overbrook [Norfolk City].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Overbrook ...

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

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Overbrook.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 34/55440 (Place Name: Overbrook)

County: Essex (FIPS State/County: 34/013)

Class: U6

Identifies a populated place (ie- Overbrook) that is wholly or substantially located outside the boundaries of any incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) that has an authoritative common name recognized by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in Essex 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 Essex County.

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 Overbrook 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.