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

Our sources for Alden Station (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 Alden Station other than they indicate that Alden Station would be found somewhere in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1882 and closed  in 1917.

Communities Also Named Alden Station ...

We found one communities that share the name Alden Station.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Alden Station is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Alden Station in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Hardin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Alden Station [Hardin County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Alden Station ...

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

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

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Luzerne 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 Luzerne County.

Abington 
Alberts CornersMaltby
AldersonMaple Run
AlumMaxwell
AshmoreMeadow Run
AuchinclossMill Creek
 Mill Hollow
Beach GroveMoraine
BeaumontMorrison
BeauplandMount Surprise
Beech Haven FerryMount Zion
BelbendMountain Park
Bennett 
BergersNew Covington
Black CreekNew Troy
Black RidgeNewport
BlackmanNorth End
Blake'sNorth Wilkesbarre
BriarbrookNuangola
Buckalew 
ButzbachOakleaf
 Oakwood Park
CaliforniaOld Cranberry
CharlestownOld Forge
ChaunceyOlivers Mills
ChristopherOneida Junction
Church HillOrchard
Coalridge 
ColumbusPaynesville
Council CrestPeely
Council RidgePink Ash Junction
CoxtonPittston Ferry
Cranberry RidgePittston Station
CrestwoodPittston Summit
 Plains Junction
DeringerPly,mouth Ferry
DorrancetonPond Creek Junction
DorrancetownProspect Rock
Dowingville 
Duryea JunctionRaub's
 Retreat
EdwardsdaleReyburn
EmpireRhone
Enterprise SidingRock Cabin
Espy RunRoosevelt
  
Fades CreekSchooley
Fairview HillsSheldon
Fairview ParkSloyersville
Forest CastleSouth Wilkes-barre
 Stanton
Glen Summit SpringsStockton
 Sugar Loaf Station
HainsvilleSugarloaf
HardenSummit
HardpanSunshine
Hardpen 
Harvey JunctionTank
Harwood JunctionThroopsville
Harwood MinesTown Line
HazelbrookTrailwood
HazeltonTunnel
Hazle VillageTurnbach
HeidelbergTyler
Hicks Ferry 
Hollers HillUpper Lehigh Junction
Honey PotUpper Raubs
  
JeanesvilleVexit Junction
Jenkins Junction 
JenkinsWarsaw
 West Pittston Junction
Kingston - Forty FortWest Side
KunckleWestmoor
 Woodside - Drifton
Lattimer Mines 
Laurel GardensYates
Lee Mine 
LookoutZehner
Luzerne StationZion

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.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/