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This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Drexelbrook. 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 Drexelbrook.<1>
Our source wasn't clear whether Drexelbrook was a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Drexelbrook would be found somewhere in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Communities Also Named Drexelbrook ...
We found one communities that share the name Drexelbrook.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Drexelbrook is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Drexelbrook in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- North Carolina
- Pitt County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Drexelbrook [Pitt County].
- North Carolina
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Drexelbrook ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Drexelbrook:
North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Drexelbrook.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 42/19896 (Place Name: Drexelbrook)
County: Delaware (FIPS State/County: 42/045)
Class: U6
Identifies a populated place (ie- Drexelbrook) that is wholly or substantially located outside the boundaries of any incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) that has an authoritative common name recognized by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Delaware 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 Delaware 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> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |