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Do you know of Fawn ???

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

We found mention of Fawn as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1877 and closed  in 1879.

Communities Also Named Fawn ...

We found three communities that share the name Fawn.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Fawn is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Searcy County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Fawn [Searcy County].
    • Missouri
      • Dent County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Fawn [Dent County].
    • Oregon
      • Linn County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Fawn [Linn County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Fawn ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

More Orphans in  Allegheny 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 Allegheny County.

AgnewLaughlin Junction
AntrimLaughlin
Arlington ParkLaurel
ArsenalLebanon Church
 Lewis Run Junction
BayneLewis
BeamvilleLinden
Becks RunLocal
BeersLocust Ridge
Belle ViewLogans Ferry
BelmorLostock
Ben VenueLucas
BennettLyman
Bessemer TerraceLynch
Best 
BeulahMansfield Valley
BirminghamMansfield
BissellMarion
Blair StationMayview
BoggsMcCanless
BoquetMcKnight Village
BouquetMcLaughlins
Boyce's StationMcMinn
BoydMilesville
BreezewoodMiller's Grove
BrilliantMills
BrintonMonongahela Junction
BriquetteMontour
BrodheadMontrose
BrookfieldMoorhead
Brookside FarmsMoss Side
Brown'sMount Troy
Brownsdale 
Brunots IslandNegley
BuchananNeville Island
BurdineNeville
Butler's JunctionNimick
 North Buena Vista
Camden HillNorth Mansfield
Camp HillNorth Star
CamptonNorwood
Carnot - Moon 
CarsonO'Neil
Caughey'sOak Station
CedarhurstOakdale Station
Central ParkObeyville
Central WharfObservatory
CentralOliver
CharterwoodOrmsby
Chartiers TerraceOrrville
ChaseOuter Depot
Christy Park 
Clairton JunctionPainter's Run
ClaremontPalmersville
Cliff MinePatterson
ClugstonPenn Rose
CochranPerrymont
ColemanPeters Creek
ColfaxPeterson
CopelandPine Creek
CoultersPittsburgh West End
CoultersvillePlum Creek
CourtneyvillePollock
CranstonPorter's
CuddyPowers Run
 Prager
DallasPresidential Heights
Davis IslandPresston
DeHaven 
DemmlerQuaker Valley
Denny 
DravoRand
Duffs JunctionRankin Station
DuffsRedman Mills
DuncanRedman
Duquesne WharfReflectorville
 Reilly
East MansfieldReissing
EberhardtRemington
EdgewaterReynoldton
Edgewood ParkRisher Mine Siding
EdgewoodvilleRisher
EllrodRobbins
EnslowRobella
EptonRock Run
ErmineRose Crest
EwaltRosedale Heights
Ewing's MillsRosevale
 Ross
Fair HavenRosslyn
Fairhaven HeightsRoup's
Fayette 
FergusonSaint Elmo
FettermanSaltsburgh
Fleming ParkSample Heights
Foleys SidingSaw Mill Run
Fort PittSchlelines Mill
Fort PittsburghScotia
FrankScully Springs
FrantzSemples
 Sewickleyville
Gamble'sShalercrest
GlanfordSharps Hill
GlenviewSheridan
Glenwood JunctionSheridanville
Green SpringsShirland
Green ValleyShousetown
GreggsSouth Buena Vista
GroveSouth Carnegie
GuyasutaSouth Duquesne
 South Pittsburg
HaffeySouth Shoustown
HallSouth Side
HarmarStilleys Siding
Harper VillageStoop's
HastingsStowe
HawkinsStringtown
HazelSturgeon - Noblestown
HazeltineSumner
Heritage HillsSuperior
HerrSylvan
Herriottsville 
HerronTemperanceville
Herrs IslandThompson
Highland MeadowsThorn Run
HobokenThornhill
HoustonTorrens
HowardTreehaven
Howell ParkTrestle
Hulton FerryTrotwood
HultonTyre
  
IdlewildUnion Trust
Imperial - EnlowUnity Station
Indian Pines 
IrvinVancefort
IvanhoeVankirk
 Verner
Jacks Run DockViennese Woods
Jack's Run 
JeffreystownWabash
JohnstownWalton
JointWalurba
Jones' StationWatson
 Watsontown
KelleyWest Bellevue
KennedyWest Belt Junction
KenneyWest Chartiers
KennyWest Etna
KerrWest Hoffman
KilbuckWest Manchester
KnightsbridgeWestinghouse
 Westwood Hills
Lafferty HillWhite Ash
LancelotWilkins
LangWilliamsburg
LargeWillow Grove
LashellWolftown

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.
<3>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 Fawn 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.
<4>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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