Do you know of Lent ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Lent. 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 Lent.<1>

Our sources for Lent (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 Lent other than they indicate that Lent would be found somewhere in Dutchess County, New York.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1889 and closed  in 1903.

Communities Also Named Lent ...

We found one communities that share the name Lent.

Within New York, the name Lent is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Virginia
    • Caroline County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Lent [Caroline County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lent ...

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

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 Lent - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Dutchess 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 Dutchess County.