Do you know of East Hamburg ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about East Hamburg. 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 East Hamburg.<1> We found mention of East Hamburg as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Erie County, New York. It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2> From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1821 and closed in 1822. Miscellaneous References and Mentions for East Hamburg ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about East Hamburg: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3> North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
The FIPS database contains an entry for East Hamburg. Referenced FIPS Records ... FIPS Code: 36/22161 (Place Name: East Hamburg) County: Erie (FIPS State/County: 36/029) Class: U8 Identifies a populated place (in this case, East Hamburg) 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 Erie 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 Erie County. Footnotes ...
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