Do you know of East Charleston ???

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

Our sources for East Charleston (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 East Charleston other than they indicate that East Charleston would be found somewhere in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1854 and closed  in 1907.

Communities Also Named East Charleston ...

We found one communities that share the name East Charleston.

Within Pennsylvania, the name East Charleston is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Vermont
    • Orleans County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of East Charleston [Orleans County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for East Charleston ...

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for East Charleston.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/20968   (Place Name: East Charleston (Whitneyville))

County: Tioga     (FIPS State/County: 42/117)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, East Charleston) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Tioga 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 Tioga County.