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Do you know of Glen Carbon ???

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

Our sources for Glen Carbon (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Glen Carbon other than they indicate that Glen Carbon would be found somewhere in Columbia County, Pennsylvania.

Communities Also Named Glen Carbon ...

We found three communities that share the name Glen Carbon.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Glen Carbon.

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

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Schuylkill County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Glen Carbon [Schuylkill County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Shelby County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Glen Carbon [Shelby County].
    • Illinois
      • Madison County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Glen Carbon [Madison County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Glen Carbon ...

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Glen Carbon - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Columbia 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 Columbia County.

Beaver Valley StationIrondale
Bloom Ferry 
Brier CreekMcAuley
 Midvalley
Canby 
Carroll ParkPensyl
Catawissa Forge 
Catawissa JunctionRaven Creek
CreasyRhodes
 Roaring Creek
DerkRupp
  
EdsonsStonytown Ferry
Espy FerrySugar Loaf
Eyersgrove Junction 
EyersgroveTaurus
 Tie
Fishing Creek 
ForksVan Camp
  
GrassmereWelsh
GuavaWest Berwick
 Willow Grove

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.









 

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