Do you know of Bracken ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1908 and closed  in 1920.

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 Bracken ...

We found five communities that share the name Bracken.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Bracken 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.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Indiana
    • Huntington County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bracken [Huntington County].
  • Missouri
    • Webster County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bracken [Webster County].
  • Nevada
    • Clark County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Bracken [Clark County].
  • Saskatchewan
    • Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Bracken.
  • Texas
    • Comal County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bracken [Comal County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bracken ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Cambria 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 Cambria County.