Do you know of Cherry Spring ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Cherry Spring. 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 Cherry Spring.<1>
Our sources for Cherry Spring (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 Cherry Spring other than they indicate that Cherry Spring would be found somewhere in Potter County, Pennsylvania.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1873 and closed in 1894.
Communities Also Named Cherry Spring ...
We found two communities that share the name Cherry Spring.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Cherry Spring is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Nevada
- White Pine County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Cherry Spring [White Pine County].
- Texas
- Gillespie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cherry Spring [Gillespie County].
- Nevada
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cherry Spring ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Cherry Spring:
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 Cherry Spring - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Potter 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 Potter 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/ |