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Do you know of Font ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1882 and closed  in 1924.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Font ...

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

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Font.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/26464   (Place Name: Font)

County: Chester     (FIPS State/County: 42/029)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Font) 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  Chester 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 Chester County.

AshLocust Grove
 London Grove
Bacton StationLondonberry
Baker StationLondonderry
Beaver 
Birmingham ParkMaple Crest
Blue RockMaple
BriartonMarsh
BrintonsMcWilliamstown
Broad RunMegargee
BrooklynMeriwether Farms
 Mont Clare
Carver Court 
CentervilleNewlin
ChandlervilleNorth Coventry
Chester Valley KnollNorwood
Chester Valley 
CloudOakburne
Cochranton 
Cold SpringPaperville
CollamerParkchester
CompassvillePawling
Copes BridgePenningtonville
CorrinePerkiomen
CreamPoint Lookout
  
Devon - BerwynRidgewood Farm
Doe Run StationRoberts
Dorlan's MillsRock Run
Downing HillsRolling Glen
 Rosenvick
East CoventryRoslyn
East Downington 
East VincentSaint Marys
Easttown WoodsSancanac
Edgemont FarmsSchuylkill
Edges MillShelmire
EverhartShenkel
 Sidley
Fairview ParkSmedley
FalconcrestSpringfield
Ferndale 
ForrestTablet
Fountain GreenTalbotville
Fox HillThorndale Heights
FremontTimicula
French Creek FallsTownsend
French CreekTredyffrin
Friendship Village 
 Uwchland
Glen 
Gum TreeValley Creek
 Valley Store
Hanover HeightsValley
Harbor WoodsVincent
Harveyville 
HeckelvilleWest Grove Station
 West Nantmeal
ImmaculataWest Vincent
Indian KingWest Whiteland
 Whiteland Farms
KennethWhiteland
 Wildbrier
LeonardWillistown Inn
Lincoln UniversityWilson
Lincoln 
LinfieldYellow Springs
Lionville - Marchwood 
Lionville StationZermatt

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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