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Do you know of Bismarck ???

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

Our sources for Bismarck (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Bismarck other than they indicate that Bismarck would be found somewhere in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.

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 Bismarck ...

We found thirteen communities that share the name Bismarck.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Bismarck is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Hot Spring County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bismarck [Hot Spring County].
    • California
      • San Bernardino County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Bismarck [San Bernardino County].
    • Illinois
      • Vermilion County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Bismarck [Vermilion County].
    • Iowa
      • Clayton 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 Iowa community of Bismarck [Clayton County].
    • Michigan
      • Eaton 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 Michigan community of Bismarck [Eaton County].
    • Missouri
      • Saint Francois County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bismarck [Saint Francois County].
    • Nebraska
      • Cuming County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Bismarck [Cuming County].
    • North Carolina
      • Johnston 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 North Carolina community of Bismarck [Johnston County].
    • North Dakota
      • Burleigh County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Bismarck [Burleigh County].
    • Ohio
      • Huron County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bismarck [Huron County].
    • Ontario
      • 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 Ontario community of Bismarck.
    • Washington
      • Pierce 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 Washington community of Bismarck [Pierce County].
    • West Virginia
      • Grant County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Bismarck [Grant County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bismarck ...

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

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

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Bismarck.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/06584   (Place Name: Bismarck)

County: Lebanon     (FIPS State/County: 42/075)

Class: X3

More Orphans in  Lebanon 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 Lebanon County.

Alger 
 Midway Station
BelleviewMyerstown Station
Bellview 
BombergerNey
  
Cold SpringOnset
  
DonaghmoreRamona
 Rausch Gap
EustontownRemoeldville
 Richland Station
Halfway 
 South Cornwall
Indiantown GapSunnyside
  
Jonestown StationWest Annville
 West Myerstown
Lebanon South 
LotellYawdin

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 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 Bismarck 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.









 

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