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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1883 and closed  in 1905.

Communities Also Named Gorsuch ...

We found one communities that share the name Gorsuch.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Gorsuch is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there is another community also named Gorsuch in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Carroll County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Gorsuch [Carroll County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gorsuch ...

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

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

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Gorsuch.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/30144   (Place Name: Gorsuch)

County: Huntingdon     (FIPS State/County: 42/061)

Class: X3

More Orphans in  Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon County.

AllentonKrider
Aughwick Mills 
 Locke Valley
BarnettLodema
Barre ForgeLotta Brove
BeaverLoveville Station
Beersville 
Broad TopMapleton Depot
BrownsvilleMcNeal
 Morrell
Cedar Rock 
ClairNew Pleasant Grove
Coffee RunNorrace
Colerain ForgeNorth Baree
Coles Summit 
CoraOakland
CornpropstOtelia
Cornpropst's Mills 
Cove StationReeds
Cove 
CrawfordSarah
Crooked CreekShade Valley
Crystal SpringsShirley
 Shoeberger
Eagle FoundryShy Beaver
East BarreSmithfield
East Broad TopSouth Huntingdon
 Spruce
Globe RunStarr
Goshorn 
GraftonTell
Greenwood FurnaceThisbe
  
Hare's ValleyUnion Church
Hill Valley 
HostlerValley Point
HubelsvilleVineyard Mills
Hundred Spring 
 West Barre
JacobWest Mooresville
James CreekWildwood
JamesWoodbine
  

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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