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

We found mention of Buckalew as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Luzerne 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 1846 and closed  in 1847.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Buckalew ...

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

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

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

More Orphans in  Luzerne 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 Luzerne County.

Abington 
Alberts CornersMaltby
Alden StationMaple Run
AldersonMaxwell
AlumMeadow Run
AshmoreMill Creek
AuchinclossMill Hollow
 Moraine
Beach GroveMorrison
BeaumontMount Surprise
BeauplandMount Zion
Beech Haven FerryMountain Park
Belbend 
BennettNew Covington
BergersNew Troy
Black CreekNewport
Black RidgeNorth End
BlackmanNorth Wilkesbarre
Blake'sNuangola
Briarbrook 
ButzbachOakleaf
 Oakwood Park
CaliforniaOld Cranberry
CharlestownOld Forge
ChaunceyOlivers Mills
ChristopherOneida Junction
Church HillOrchard
Coalridge 
ColumbusPaynesville
Council CrestPeely
Council RidgePink Ash Junction
CoxtonPittston Ferry
Cranberry RidgePittston Station
CrestwoodPittston Summit
 Plains Junction
DeringerPly,mouth Ferry
DorrancetonPond Creek Junction
DorrancetownProspect Rock
Dowingville 
Duryea JunctionRaub's
 Retreat
EdwardsdaleReyburn
EmpireRhone
Enterprise SidingRock Cabin
Espy RunRoosevelt
  
Fades CreekSchooley
Fairview HillsSheldon
Fairview ParkSloyersville
Forest CastleSouth Wilkes-barre
 Stanton
Glen Summit SpringsStockton
 Sugar Loaf Station
HainsvilleSugarloaf
HardenSummit
HardpanSunshine
Hardpen 
Harvey JunctionTank
Harwood JunctionThroopsville
Harwood MinesTown Line
HazelbrookTrailwood
HazeltonTunnel
Hazle VillageTurnbach
HeidelbergTyler
Hicks Ferry 
Hollers HillUpper Lehigh Junction
Honey PotUpper Raubs
  
JeanesvilleVexit Junction
Jenkins Junction 
JenkinsWarsaw
 West Pittston Junction
Kingston - Forty FortWest Side
KunckleWestmoor
 Woodside - Drifton
Lattimer Mines 
Laurel GardensYates
Lee Mine 
LookoutZehner
Luzerne StationZion

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/