Do you know of Columbus ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Columbus. 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 Columbus.<1>
Our sources for Columbus (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 Columbus other than they indicate that Columbus would be found somewhere in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1822 and closed in 1838.
Communities Also Named Columbus ...
We found 34 communities that share the name Columbus.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Columbus.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 33 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 33 communities, 33 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Warren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Columbus [Warren County].
- Warren County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Columbus [Jefferson County].
- Arkansas
- Hempstead County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Columbus [Hempstead County].
- California
- Colorado
- La Plata County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Columbus [La Plata County].
- Florida
- Suwannee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Columbus [Suwannee County].
- Georgia
- Muscogee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Columbus [Muscogee County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Bartholomew County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Columbus [Bartholomew County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Sabine Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Columbus [Sabine Parish].
- Michigan
- Saint Clair County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Columbus [Saint Clair County].
- Minnesota
- Anoka County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Columbus [Anoka County].
- Mississippi
- Lowndes County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Columbus [Lowndes County].
- Missouri
- Johnson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Columbus [Johnson County].
- Montana
- Stillwater County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Columbus [Stillwater County].
- Nebraska
- Platte County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Columbus [Platte County].
- Nevada
- Esmeralda County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Columbus [Esmeralda County].
- New Jersey
- Burlington County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Columbus [Burlington County].
- New Mexico
- Luna County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Columbus [Luna County].
- Taos 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 New Mexico community of Columbus [Taos County].
- New York
- Chenango County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Columbus [Chenango County].
- North Carolina
- Polk County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Columbus [Polk County].
- North Dakota
- Burke County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Columbus [Burke County].
- Ohio
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Columbus [Franklin County].
- Ontario
- Tennessee
- Polk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Columbus [Polk County].
- Texas
- Colorado County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Columbus [Colorado County].
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Columbia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Columbus [Columbia County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Columbus ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Columbus:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Luzerne 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 Luzerne 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Columbus 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/ |