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Do you know of Breakneck ???

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

We found mention of Breakneck as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Butler 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.<2>

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1837 and closed  in 1882.

Communities Also Named Breakneck ...

We found three communities that share the name Breakneck.

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

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Fayette County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Breakneck [Fayette County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Hartford County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Breakneck [Hartford County].
    • Ohio
      • Portage County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Breakneck [Portage County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Breakneck ...

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

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

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  Butler 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 Butler County.

Adams Corner 
AnandaleIsle
  
BaldwinJamesonville
Bon Aire 
BorardLane
BrowningtonLeota
Buhls 
ButtercupMagic
 Maharg
Carbon BlackMaple Furnace
ChisholmMarshall
CoultersvilleMcCandless
 McCanless
DelanoMelissadale
DennyMorristown
Dilk'sMyonia
Divener 
DudleyNorth Hope
  
EberhardtOildom
Elmbud 
EvansburgPeachville
 Plano
FairmountPlaza
FleegerPump
Flick 
ForestReibold
 Roy
Gilmoreville 
GlenoraSaint Joe Station
GoffSaxonburgh Station
GomersalShanor - Northvue
GreerShira
 Sonora
HarbisonSummit
Harrisville StationSunset
Hibernia 
Homeacre - LyndoraTrail

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>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.
<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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