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Do you know of Columbia ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Columbia. 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 Columbia.

We found mention of Columbia as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Venango County, Pennsylvania.

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.

Communities Also Named Columbia ...

We found 49 communities that share the name Columbia.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Columbia.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 48 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Lancaster County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Columbia [Lancaster County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Henry County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Columbia [Henry County].
      • Houston County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Columbia [Houston County].
    • Arizona
      • Yavapai County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Columbia [Yavapai County].
    • Arkansas
      • Chicot County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Columbia [Chicot County].
    • California
      • Tuolumne County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Columbia [Tuolumne County].
    • Connecticut
      • Tolland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Columbia [Tolland County].
    • Delaware
      • Sussex County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Columbia [Sussex County].
    • Florida
      • Columbia County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Columbia [Columbia County].
    • Illinois
      • Monroe County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Columbia [Monroe County].
    • Indiana
      • Fayette County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Columbia [Fayette County].
    • Iowa
      • Marion County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Columbia [Marion County].
    • Kansas
      • Cherokee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Columbia [Cherokee County].
      • Ellsworth 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 Columbia [Ellsworth County].
      • Lyon 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 Columbia [Lyon County].
    • Kentucky
      • Adair County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Columbia [Adair County].
    • Louisiana
      • Caldwell Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Columbia [Caldwell Parish].
      • Saint John the Baptist Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Columbia [Saint John the Baptist Parish].
    • Maine
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Columbia [Washington County].
    • Maryland
      • Howard County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Columbia [Howard County].
    • Michigan
      • Tuscola County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Columbia [Tuscola County].
      • Van Buren 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 Michigan community of Columbia [Van Buren County].
    • Minnesota
      • Polk County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Columbia [Polk County].
    • Mississippi
      • Marion County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Columbia [Marion County].
    • Missouri
      • Boone County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Columbia [Boone County].
      • Saint Louis County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Columbia [Saint Louis County].
    • Nevada
      • Elko County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Columbia [Elko County].
      • Esmeralda County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Columbia [Esmeralda County].
      • Eureka County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Columbia [Eureka County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Coos County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Columbia [Coos County].
    • New Jersey
      • Warren County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Columbia [Warren County].
    • New York
      • Herkimer County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Columbia [Herkimer County].
    • North Carolina
      • Tyrrell County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Columbia [Tyrrell County].
    • Ohio
      • Clark County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Columbia [Clark County].
      • Delaware County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Columbia [Delaware County].
      • Hamilton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Columbia [Hamilton County].
      • Stark County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Columbia [Stark County].
      • Tuscarawas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Columbia [Tuscarawas County].
      • Williams County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Columbia [Williams County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Kingfisher County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Columbia [Kingfisher County].
    • South Carolina
      • Richland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Columbia [Richland County].
    • South Dakota
      • Brown County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Columbia [Brown County].
    • Tennessee
      • Maury County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Columbia [Maury County].
    • Utah
      • Carbon County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Columbia [Carbon County].
    • Virginia
      • Fluvanna County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Columbia [Fluvanna County].
    • Washington
      • King County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Columbia [King County].
      • Whatcom County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Columbia [Whatcom County].
    • West Virginia
      • Fayette County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Columbia [Fayette County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Clark County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Columbia [Clark County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Columbia ...

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Columbia - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Pennsylvania (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

More Orphans in  Venango 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 Venango County.

Balliett'sMcClintockville
BaumMiller Farm
Big Bend 
BoughtonOil Creek
Brereton 
Burning WellPatchel Run
 Plum
CanalPolk Junction
CassPorterfield
Clapp FarmPrentice
Columbia FarmPresident Furnace
Cornplanter 
Crawford CornersReed
 Roberts' Run
East Sandy StationRockland Station
 Rockwood
Fee 
FloydScrubgrass
FreedomSedgwick
 Sherman Wells
Goodmans CornersSidney
 South Oil City
Hennry's BendSpringville
Holland 
HoodvilleTarr Farm
 Tenmile Bottom
Imperial 
 Uniontown Heights
Kan City 
Kennerdell StationWalnut Bend
  

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Columbia 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.









 

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