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Do you know of Hoffman ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hoffman. 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 Hoffman.

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1891 and closed  in 1916.

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.

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.

Communities Also Named Hoffman ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Hoffman.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Hoffman.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Perry County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Hoffman [Perry County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Clinton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Hoffman [Clinton County].
    • Maryland
      • Allegany County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Hoffman [Allegany County].
      • Carroll County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Hoffman [Carroll County].
      • Frederick County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Hoffman [Frederick County].
    • Michigan
      • Presque Isle County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Hoffman [Presque Isle County].
    • Minnesota
      • Grant County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Hoffman [Grant County].
    • Mississippi
      • Holmes County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Hoffman [Holmes County].
    • Missouri
      • Cooper County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Hoffman [Cooper County].
      • Johnson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Hoffman [Johnson County].
    • Montana
      • Park County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Hoffman [Park County].
    • New Jersey
      • Middlesex County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Hoffman [Middlesex County].
    • New York
      • Niagara County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Hoffman [Niagara County].
    • North Carolina
      • Richmond County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Hoffman [Richmond County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Okmulgee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Hoffman [Okmulgee County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Hoffman.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hoffman ...

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

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 Hoffman - 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 Hoffman.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/35088   (Place Name: Hoffman)

County: Lehigh     (FIPS State/County: 42/077)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Hoffman) 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  Lehigh 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 Lehigh County.

AineyvilleLowhill
Allen Crest 
 Metamora
BestMinnich
Bethlehem Junction 
 North Whitehall
Centre Valley 
CentroniaOswaldville
Cherry Ford 
CraneParkview Gardens
 Plover
DeibertsvillePortland
Dresher 
 Ringers
East Penn JunctionRolling Hills
East Slatedale 
Elliott HeightsSaucona
EmausSaucon's
 Schadts
FerndaleShepherd Hills
FranklinSherersville
 Shoenersville
GardnerSiegersville
German CornersSouth Whitehall
Germans CornerSpring Mill
Guth's StationStetler
  
HartsvilleTripoli
Heinly 
 Upper Saucon
Jordan 
 Walberts
Kline's CornersWaldenheim Park
KraussdaleWalnut Gardens
 Weishample
Lehigh ValleyWest Coplay
Lower CatasauquaWhitehall
Lower Fullerton 

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Hoffman could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<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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