Do you know of Holmesburg Junction ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Holmesburg Junction. 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 Holmesburg Junction.<1> We found mention of Holmesburg Junction 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. Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Holmesburg Junction ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Holmesburg Junction: Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Holmesburg Junction - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1911)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Holmesburg Junction. Referenced FIPS Records ... FIPS Code: 42/35320 (Place Name: Holmesburg Junction) County: Philadelphia (FIPS State/County: 42/101) Class: U4 Identifies a populated place (ie- Holmesburg Junction) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place. 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. Footnotes ...
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