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Do you know of Riceburgh ???

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

Our sources for Riceburgh (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Riceburgh other than they indicate that Riceburgh would be found somewhere in Allegany County, New York.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Riceburgh ...

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

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Riceburgh - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

More Orphans in  Allegany 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 Allegany County.

Alfred CentreMixville
AllenMorgan
Allensville 
 New Hudson
Bennett 
Brimmer BrookPalestine
 Philipsville
Canakedier 
CasesRockville Lake
CrownersRounsville
 Rushford Lake
East Granger 
East RushfordSeymour
 South Nunda
Five CornersStonedam
 Summit
Granger 
 Transit Bridge
Halbert 
Hardy'sUtopia
Henry's 
HobbievilleWest Genesee
Houghton CreekWest Shongo
 Whitney Crossings
InvaleWilling
 Wirt Center
Knightsville 
 York Corners

Footnotes ...

<1>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.