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.<1>
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.
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 ...
- 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.<2> 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
- 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
- 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.
- Illinois
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.<3>
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.
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> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |