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Do you know of Gorgas ???

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

We found mention of Gorgas as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

Communities Also Named Gorgas ...

We found two communities that share the name Gorgas.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Gorgas is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Gorgas [Tuscaloosa County].
      • Walker County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Gorgas [Walker County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gorgas ...

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

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

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

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

More Orphans in  Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia County.

AndoraLumar Park
  
BellevueMarket Square
BellmontMelrose
BonnafonMiddle City
BustletownMidvale
 Mount Moriah
Castor 
Chesnut HillNorris
CommerceNorth Philadelphia
ContinentalNortheast Village
Cynwyd 
 Park Junction
East GermantownParshall
East SidePiersons
Engelside 
EnglesideRichmond Junction
 Rising Sun
Fairhill JunctionRock Ledge
FairhillRosehill
FallsRowlands
Fidelity 
Forest HillsSandiford
Fort MifflinSchool Lane
Frankford JunctionSchur's
 Sedgwick
Gibsons PointShackamaxon
Girard PointSouthwark
Greenmount 
GreenwichTemple
 Tulpehocken
Harrowgate 
Holmesburg JunctionVernon Park
 Verrees' Mills
John Wanamaker 
 Wadsworth
Laurel HillWest Falls
LawntownWest Laurel Hill
LawtonWest Park
League IslandWest Philadelphia
LeveringtonWestmoreland
LiddonfieldWinghocking
LindleyWyndmoor

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.