Do you know of Addison Junction ???

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

Our sources for Addison Junction (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 Addison Junction other than they indicate that Addison Junction would be found somewhere in Essex County, New York.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1879 and closed  in 1902.

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 Addison Junction ...

We found one communities that share the name Addison Junction.

Within New York, the name Addison Junction is unique.

Beyond New York, there is another community also named Addison Junction in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Michigan
    • Lenawee County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Addison Junction [Lenawee County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Addison Junction ...

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

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 Addison Junction - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

New York Central Railroad Time Table (July 1902)
Published by New York Central Railroad

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

More Orphans in  Essex 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 Essex County.