Do you know of Carney ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Carney. 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 Carney.<1>
Our sources for Carney (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 Carney other than they indicate that Carney would be found somewhere in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1869 and closed in 1909.
Communities Also Named Carney ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Carney.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Carney.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Westmoreland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Carney [Westmoreland County].
- Westmoreland County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Baldwin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Carney [Baldwin County].
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Chautauqua County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Carney [Chautauqua County].
- Marshall County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Carney [Marshall County].
- Louisiana
- West Feliciana Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Carney [West Feliciana Parish].
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Carney [Baltimore County].
- Michigan
- Menominee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Carney [Menominee County].
- Montana
- Sweet Grass County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Carney [Sweet Grass County].
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Carney [Lincoln County].
- West Virginia
- Kanawha County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Carney [Kanawha County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Carney ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Carney:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Carney - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Wyoming 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 Wyoming 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> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Carney 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |