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Do you know of Critchfield ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Critchfield. 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 Critchfield.<1>

Our sources for Critchfield (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 Critchfield other than they indicate that Critchfield would be found somewhere in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1898 and closed  in 1904.

Communities Also Named Critchfield ...

We found one communities that share the name Critchfield.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Critchfield is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Critchfield in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Indiana
      • Johnson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Critchfield [Johnson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Critchfield ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

More Orphans in  Somerset 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 Somerset County.

AdamsMilford Station
AnnaMiller Run
AnsteadMishler
ArrowMock
AtlanticMoons
 Mount Healthy
Becks Cut 
BethelOld Junction
Bills 
BorderPine Grove
BrookPokeytown
 Pretoria
ConnerPugh
Cosgrove 
 Quemahoning Junction
DealQuemahoning
Dibertville 
Dividing RidgeReading Junction
 Reading Mines
Edgewood GroveRockingham
EdgewoodRoddys
Elk LickRushe's
  
FelixSanner
 Schweibinz
Garrett SlopeShade Furnace
GladdensSilbaugh
Grassy Run JunctionSnyder
GrazierSomerset Furnace
GriffinSouth Rockwood
 Southampton Mills
HarrisonSouthampton
HiyasotaStanton's Mill
HolsoppleStony Creek
HumbertsvilleStoughton
HuskinStrawn
  
KeimTannehill's
Keystone JunctionTub
Keystone StationTurkeyfoot
Kuhn 
 Vang Junction
Laurel Hill 
LullWelch
 Whipkeys-Dam
Marble HillWoodstown
Metzer 
Middle CreekYoder

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/









 

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