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Do you know of Alderson ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Alderson. 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 Alderson.<1> Our sources for Alderson (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 Alderson other than they indicate that Alderson would be found somewhere in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1887 and closed in 1949. Communities Also Named Alderson ...We found five communities that share the name Alderson. Within Pennsylvania, the name Alderson is unique. Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these five communities, four are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Alderson ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Alderson: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Alderson - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Alderson. Referenced FIPS Records ... FIPS Code: 42/00700 (Place Name: Alderson) County: Luzerne (FIPS State/County: 42/079) Class: U4 Identifies a populated place (ie- Alderson) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place. More Orphans in Luzerne 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 Luzerne County. Footnotes ...
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