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Do you know of Alsace ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Alsace. 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 Alsace.

Our sources for Alsace (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 Alsace other than they indicate that Alsace would be found somewhere in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1863 and closed  in 1899.

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.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Alsace ...

We found two communities that share the name Alsace.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Alsace is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these two communities, one is located in the United States and the other in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Los Angeles County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Alsace [Los Angeles County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Alsace.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Alsace ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Alsace - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

More Orphans in  Berks 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 Berks County.

Albany StationLiscum
AllianceLorah
AtholLower Bern
 Lower Heidelberg
Barto'sLynoak
Belt Line JunctionLynwood
Berks 
Birdsboro' StationManatawny Station
BittenbenderMelrose
Black BearMountain Sunset
Bower's Station 
BrowerNaomi
BrumfieldvilleNorth Reading
  
CalciumObold
ClinganOrrton
Colebrookdale Station 
CumruPassmore
 Perry
DeLongPikesville
DenglersPleasantville
DrebelbisPoplar Neck
  
East BerkleyReading Gardens
EdenburgReinert
EsterlyRobeson
EtonRohnersburg
Exeter StationRolling Hills
  
FarviewSchweyers
FurnaceScullhill
 Shamrock
GehmanSheerlund Forest
Geiger's MillsShoemakersville Station
GreenfieldsSouth Evansville
 South Mountain
Hamburgh StationSpring Valley
HampdenSwoyers
HamptonSylvan Dell
Hendleton 
Hiester's MillTemple Station
Hill ChurchTulpehocken
Hummels Store 
 Upper Berne
Kissinger 
KlapperthalWalter's Park
KricktownWest Monocacy
 Wetzel
LesherWhite Bear
LichtyWyomissing Junction
Lincoln Heights 

Footnotes ...

<1>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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