Do you know of Ancram Lead Mines ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Ancram Lead Mines. 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 Ancram Lead Mines.<1> Our sources for Ancram Lead Mines (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 Ancram Lead Mines other than they indicate that Ancram Lead Mines would be found somewhere in Columbia County, New York. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1838 and closed in 1930. Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Ancram Lead Mines ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Ancram Lead Mines: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Rand McNally Map of New York (1897)
More Orphans in Columbia 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 Columbia County. Footnotes ...
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