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Do you know of Crowther ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1884 and closed  in 1896.

Communities Also Named Crowther ...

We found two communities that share the name Crowther.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Crowther is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Texas
      • McMullen County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Crowther [McMullen County].
    • Utah
      • Weber County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Crowther [Weber County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Crowther ...

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

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 Crowther - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Lawrence 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 Lawrence County.

BadgerKino
Big Run Branch Junction 
BurnstownLyle
  
CarbonMcCauslin
ChenangoMoravia Station
Clearview 
Covert's MillNeshanoock Falls
CrescentdaleNew Castle Northwest
Cross CutNew Castle West
  
East Brook StationOld Enon
EdenburghOtis
Enon 
 Quakertown
Fay 
 Reeces
GardnerRigby
Grantboro 
 Sample Spur Junction
HazeldellShaw Junction
Hickory HeightsShenango
HilltownSkidmore
Hogue 
 Walford
Irish RippleWampum Junction
 Wiegletown
Jackson KnollsWilmington Junction
  

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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