Do you know of Augusta ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Augusta. 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 Augusta.
We found mention of Augusta as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1828 and closed in 1879.
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 Augusta ...
We found 30 communities that share the name Augusta.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Augusta is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 30 communities, 29 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Woodruff County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Augusta [Woodruff County].
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Richmond County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Augusta [Richmond County].
- Illinois
- Hancock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Augusta [Hancock County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Des Moines County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Augusta [Des Moines County].
- Kansas
- Butler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Augusta [Butler County].
- Kentucky
- Bracken County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Augusta [Bracken County].
- Louisiana
- Iberville Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Augusta [Iberville Parish].
- Plaquemines Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Augusta [Plaquemines Parish].
- Saint Landry Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Augusta [Saint Landry Parish].
- Maine
- Kennebec County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Augusta [Kennebec County].
- Maryland
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Augusta [Washington County].
- Michigan
- Kalamazoo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Augusta [Kalamazoo County].
- Minnesota
- Carver County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Augusta [Carver County].
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Saint Charles County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Augusta [Saint Charles County].
- Montana
- Lewis and Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Augusta [Lewis and Clark County].
- New Jersey
- Sussex County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Augusta [Sussex County].
- New York
- Oneida County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Augusta [Oneida County].
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Carroll County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Augusta [Carroll County].
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Houston County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Augusta [Houston County].
- West Virginia
- Hampshire County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Augusta [Hampshire County].
- Mercer County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Augusta [Mercer County].
- Wisconsin
- Eau Claire County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Augusta [Eau Claire County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Augusta ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Augusta:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
More Orphans in Northumberland 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 Northumberland County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Augusta could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |