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Do you know of Alden Station ???

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.

AbingtonLuzerne Station
Alberts Corners 
AldersonMaltby
AlumMaple Run
AshmoreMaxwell
AuchinclossMeadow Run
 Mill Creek
Beach GroveMill Hollow
BeaumontMoraine
BeauplandMorrison
Beech Haven FerryMount Surprise
BelbendMount Zion
BennettMountain Park
Bergers 
Black CreekNewport
Black RidgeNorth End
BlackmanNorth Wilkesbarre
Blake'sNuangola
Briarbrook 
BuckalewOakleaf
ButzbachOakwood Park
 Old Cranberry
CaliforniaOld Forge
CharlestownOlivers Mills
ChaunceyOneida Junction
ChristopherOrchard
Church Hill 
CoalridgePaynesville
ColumbusPeely
Council CrestPink Ash Junction
Council RidgePittston Ferry
CoxtonPittston Station
Cranberry RidgePittston Summit
CrestwoodPlains Junction
 Ply,mouth Ferry
DeringerPond Creek Junction
DorrancetonProspect Rock
Dorrancetown 
DowingvilleRaub's
Duryea JunctionRetreat
 Reyburn
EdwardsdaleRhone
EmpireRock Cabin
Enterprise SidingRoosevelt
Espy Run 
 Schooley
Fades CreekSheldon
Fairview HillsSloyersville
Fairview ParkSouth Wilkes-barre
Forest CastleStanton
 Stockton
Glen Summit SpringsSugar Loaf Station
 Sugarloaf
HainsvilleSummit
HardenSunshine
Hardpan 
HardpenTank
Harvey JunctionThroopsville
Harwood JunctionTown Line
Harwood MinesTrailwood
HazelbrookTunnel
HazeltonTurnbach
Hazle VillageTyler
Heidelberg 
Hicks FerryUpper Lehigh Junction
Hollers HillUpper Raubs
Honey Pot 
 Vexit Junction
Jeanesville 
Jenkins JunctionWarsaw
JenkinsWest Pittston Junction
 West Side
Kingston - Forty FortWestmoor
KunckleWoodside - Drifton
  
Lattimer MinesYates
Laurel Gardens 
Lee MineZehner
LookoutZion

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/









 

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