Do you know of Edgewood Park ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Edgewood Park. 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 Edgewood Park.<1>
Our sources for Edgewood Park (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 Edgewood Park other than they indicate that Edgewood Park would be found somewhere in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1891 and closed in 1903.
Communities Also Named Edgewood Park ...
We found eleven communities that share the name Edgewood Park.
There are two communities within Pennsylvania that are also named Edgewood Park.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, ten are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Bucks 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 Pennsylvania community of Edgewood Park [Bucks County].
- Delaware 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 Pennsylvania community of Edgewood Park [Delaware County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Iowa
- Scott 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 Iowa community of Edgewood Park [Scott County].
- Maryland
- Baltimore 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 Maryland community of Edgewood Park [Baltimore County].
- Wicomico County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Edgewood Park [Wicomico County].
- New Jersey
- Ocean County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Edgewood Park [Ocean County].
- New York
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Edgewood Park [Jefferson County].
- North Carolina
- Onslow County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Edgewood Park [Onslow County].
- Ohio
- Stark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Edgewood Park [Stark County].
- Ontario
- 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 Ontario community of Edgewood Park.
- Virginia
- Portsmouth City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Edgewood Park [Portsmouth City].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Edgewood Park ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Edgewood Park:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Edgewood Park - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office
More Orphans in Allegheny 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 Allegheny 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 Edgewood Park 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/ |