Do you know of Bunker Hill ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bunker Hill. 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 Bunker Hill.<1>
We found mention of Bunker Hill as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Bucks 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 1834 and closed in 1866.
Communities Also Named Bunker Hill ...
We found 55 communities that share the name Bunker Hill.
There are three communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Bunker Hill.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 52 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 52 communities, 54 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Juniata County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bunker Hill [Juniata County].
- Lebanon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bunker Hill [Lebanon County].
- Schuylkill County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bunker Hill [Schuylkill County].
- Juniata County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Perry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bunker Hill [Perry County].
- California
- Amador County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Bunker Hill [Amador County].
- San Bernardino County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Bunker Hill [San Bernardino County].
- Connecticut
- New Haven County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Bunker Hill [New Haven County].
- Florida
- Collier County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Bunker Hill [Collier County].
- Manatee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Bunker Hill [Manatee County].
- Georgia
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bunker Hill [Union County].
- Illinois
- Macoupin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Bunker Hill [Macoupin County].
- Indiana
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bunker Hill [Fayette County].
- Knox County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bunker Hill [Knox County].
- Miami County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bunker Hill [Miami County].
- Morgan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bunker Hill [Morgan County].
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bunker Hill [Washington County].
- Kansas
- Atchison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bunker Hill [Atchison County].
- Lyon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bunker Hill [Lyon County].
- Russell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bunker Hill [Russell County].
- Kentucky
- Bourbon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Bunker Hill [Bourbon County].
- Maine
- Lincoln County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Bunker Hill [Lincoln County].
- Michigan
- Ingham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Bunker Hill [Ingham County].
- Mississippi
- Lowndes County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Bunker Hill [Lowndes County].
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Bunker Hill [Marion County].
- Smith County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Bunker Hill [Smith County].
- Missouri
- Howard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bunker Hill [Howard County].
- Lewis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bunker Hill [Lewis County].
- Schuyler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bunker Hill [Schuyler County].
- Stoddard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bunker Hill [Stoddard County].
- Nevada
- Lander County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Bunker Hill [Lander County].
- New Jersey
- Gloucester County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Bunker Hill [Gloucester County].
- North Carolina
- Richmond County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Bunker Hill [Richmond County].
- Ohio
- Butler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bunker Hill [Butler County].
- Holmes County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bunker Hill [Holmes County].
- Mahoning County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bunker Hill [Mahoning County].
- Meigs County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bunker Hill [Meigs County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Bunker Hill.
- Oregon
- Coos County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Bunker Hill [Coos County].
- South Carolina
- Dillon County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Bunker Hill [Dillon County].
- Horry County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Bunker Hill [Horry County].
- Tennessee
- Giles County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bunker Hill [Giles County].
- Rutherford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bunker Hill [Rutherford County].
- Shelby County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bunker Hill [Shelby County].
- Sullivan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bunker Hill [Sullivan County].
- Texas
- Dallam County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bunker Hill [Dallam County].
- Harris County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bunker Hill [Harris County].
- Jasper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bunker Hill [Jasper County].
- Lamar County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bunker Hill [Lamar County].
- Virginia
- Bedford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Bunker Hill [Bedford County].
- Fauquier County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Bunker Hill [Fauquier County].
- Warren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Bunker Hill [Warren County].
- Washington
- Cowlitz County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Bunker Hill [Cowlitz County].
- West Virginia
- Berkeley County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Bunker Hill [Berkeley County].
- Kanawha County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Bunker Hill [Kanawha County].
- Wisconsin
- Richland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Bunker Hill [Richland County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bunker Hill ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Bunker Hill:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
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 Bucks 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 Bucks 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> | 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> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Bunker Hill could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |