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Do you know of Babcock ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1899 and closed  in 1904.

Communities Also Named Babcock ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Babcock.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Babcock.

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

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • McKean County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Babcock [McKean County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Chaffee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Babcock [Chaffee County].
    • Georgia
      • Miller County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Babcock [Miller County].
    • Illinois
      • Peoria County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Babcock [Peoria County].
      • Rock Island County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Babcock [Rock Island County].
    • Indiana
      • Porter County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Babcock [Porter County].
    • Iowa
      • Bremer County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Babcock [Bremer County].
      • Linn County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Babcock [Linn County].
    • Manitoba
      • Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Babcock.
    • Michigan
      • Calhoun County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Babcock [Calhoun County].
    • North Dakota
      • Sargent County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Babcock [Sargent County].
    • Washington
      • Walla Walla County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Babcock [Walla Walla County].
    • West Virginia
      • Fayette County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Babcock [Fayette County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Wood County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Babcock [Wood County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Babcock ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

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

More Orphans in  Bradford 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 Bradford County.

AltusLix
Apex 
ArmeniaNorconk
AspinwallNorth Smithfield
Aurora 
 Old Hickory
Baileys CornerOpposition
BallibayOrcutt Creek
Birney 
BournePike
Brink HillPresswood
  
CebuQuicks Bend
Centerville 
Cold CreekRenwick
CowleyRummerfield Creek
Crofut 
 Sayles
DurrellSmithfield Summit
 Snediker
East SpringhillSouth Creek
EdsallvilleSouth Litchfield
ElwellState Line
 Stephens Corners
Foot of PlaneStrawhill
 Summit
Glosser 
GranvilleTrinket
Greens Landing 
GreenwoodVelarde
 Viallhill
HavensvilleVirtus
Herley 
HerrickWapasening
Hortons CornersWells
 West Terry
KeithWest Windham
 Wickizer
LamokaWilcox's
Liberty CornersWilliwanna
Littlesville 

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>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Babcock 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.
<3>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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