Do you know of Half Moon ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Half Moon. 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 Half Moon.<1>
We found mention of Half Moon as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Centre 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 1817 and closed in 1879.
Communities Also Named Half Moon ...
We found six communities that share the name Half Moon.
Within Pennsylvania, the name Half Moon is unique.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Alachua County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Half Moon [Alachua County].
- Louisiana
- Saint Landry Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Half Moon [Saint Landry Parish].
- North Carolina
- Onslow County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Half Moon [Onslow County].
- South Carolina
- Florence County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Half Moon [Florence County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Half Moon ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Half Moon:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
More Orphans in Centre 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 Centre County.
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> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |