Do you know of Broad Mountain ???

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

Our sources for Broad Mountain (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 Broad Mountain other than they indicate that Broad Mountain would be found somewhere in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1830 and closed  in 1920.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Broad Mountain ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Broad Mountain - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

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

More Orphans in  Schuylkill 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 Schuylkill County.