Do you know of Hummels Store ???

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

Our sources for Hummels Store (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Hummels Store other than they indicate that Hummels Store would be found somewhere in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hummels Store ...

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Hummels Store - 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 Hummels Store.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 42/36224   (Place Name: Hummels Store)

County: Berks     (FIPS State/County: 42/011)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Hummels Store) 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  Berks County ...

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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 Berks County.