Do you know of Broken Rock ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Broken Rock. 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 Broken Rock.<1>
Our sources for Broken Rock (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 Broken Rock other than they indicate that Broken Rock would be found somewhere in Clarion County, Pennsylvania.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1885 and closed in 1889.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Broken Rock ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Broken Rock:
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 Broken Rock - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned
More Orphans in Clarion 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 Clarion County.
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> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |